To live the life

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I remember that I ever read a translated novel which is about butter and people's life, but I can't remember the book's title. That book talks about subsistence and the life of needy people.

My field is about pension and ageing population's life, and is of course partially about poverty. It was an important debate about to meet people's subsistence or minimum life standard.

The first term means to keep the needy living in a status that they just can sustain their basic life and exactly "enough" food. Thus, no extra expenditure is allowed.

While the second term means government should not only satisfy people's demand on foods but also social life in order to build a connection with the society. Besides, this considers about people's dignity and therefore is a higher standard we pursue. In my opinion, this can also be seen as the right to live which is pointed out by our, and naturally others, Constitution.

Governments should keep this in mind that they are the last, or I could say the only, resort that people could count upon to. The officials should also realise that their jobs are not to manage, but to serve people because they are recruited by the nation. And, people of the nation are the masters.

The politicians usually forget about this and then omit what they ought to be done to achieve their promises during election, and the officials always treat the civil employment is a "golden bowl" for their life career. But, when the nation collapses, everything is nothing but wallpaper. We should keep this in mind.