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The observation that public dissatisfaction with high prices was reflected in the recent House of Councillors election results is a very realistic one. To discuss policies that would allow people to truly feel wealthy and ensure a sustainable future, without inheriting negative assets, requires a re-evaluation of what "true wealth" entails.
What is True Wealth?
True wealth goes beyond mere increases in GDP figures or consumption. It encompasses a multifaceted understanding:
Economic Stability and Security: Freedom from anxiety about price fluctuations, enabling people to plan for their future.1
Quality of Life: Robust public services supporting daily life, including healthcare, education, childcare, and elderly care.
Societal Sustainability: Mechanisms that consider environmental issues, address the declining birthrate and aging population, and rectify disparities, ensuring future generations are not burdened.
Spiritual Fulfillment: Opportunities for meaningful work, community connection, and self-realization.
From these comprehensive perspectives, the following policies can be considered.
Policies for a Sustainable Future, Not Inheriting Negative Assets
"Not inheriting negative assets" specifically means not passing on problems like fiscal deficits, environmental burdens, entrenched disparities, and inadequately prepared social security systems to the next generation.
1. Establishing Fiscal Discipline and Tax Reform
Thorough Elimination of Waste and Expenditure Reform:
Reviewing vested interests and reducing inefficient public works projects.
Policy evaluation based on effectiveness verification and budget reallocation.
Building a Sustainable Tax System:
Review of Asset Taxation: Strengthen taxation on financial assets and real estate, which are concentrated among the elderly, to enhance wealth redistribution. This could include strengthening inheritance tax and fixed asset tax, and increasing taxation on unused real estate.
Introduction/Strengthening of Carbon Tax: Enhance taxation based on environmental burden to promote the transition to a decarbonized society, while allocating the revenue to renewable energy investments and support for low-income households.
Re-evaluation of Consumption Tax Positioning: Discuss how to ensure stability as a social security revenue source while strengthening consideration for low-income groups (e.g., reviewing multiple tax rates, expanding refundable tax credits).
2. Human Capital Investment and Disparity Correction
Free Education and Quality Improvement:
Phased free education from early childhood to higher education, especially reducing tuition burdens for universities and vocational schools.
Measures to correct educational disparities between regions and households, ensuring everyone has access to quality education (e.g., promoting digital education, improving teacher quality).
Enhanced support for recurrent education (re-skilling) to provide opportunities for adults to upgrade their skills at any time.
Strengthening Income Redistribution Functions:
Gradual raising of the minimum wage and support for small and medium-sized enterprises.
Improvement of treatment for non-regular employees and support for their transition to regular employment.
Expansion of financial support for child-rearing households and abolition of income limits for child allowances.
Promotion of Work-Life Balance:
Dissemination of flexible working styles (remote work, flextime).
Promotion of paternity leave and expansion of childcare and nursing care leave systems.
Development of environments where diverse human resources (women, seniors, people with disabilities, foreigners) can thrive.
3. Transition in Environmental and Energy Policy
Large-Scale Investment and Deregulation in Renewable Energy:
Significant government investment to accelerate the introduction of renewable energy sources like solar, wind, and geothermal, along with infrastructure development for power grids.
Deregulation to remove obstacles to renewable energy adoption.
Gradual reduction of reliance on nuclear power to establish a sustainable energy mix.
Promotion of Transition to a Circular Economy:
Support for industries and technologies that promote recycling, reuse, and repair.
Policies that encourage environmentally friendly consumption patterns, such as reducing single-use plastics.2
4. Rebuilding the Social Security System in an Aging Society
Investment in Preventive Healthcare and Extension of Healthy Life Expectancy:
Prioritized investment in preventive medicine to extend healthy life expectancy, rather than focusing solely on treatment after illness.
Strengthening the community-based integrated care system and creating mechanisms for the elderly to remain active in their communities.
Ensuring Inter-Generational and Intra-Generational Fairness:
Discussions to review the balance between social security benefits and burdens to prevent excessive burden on the working generation.
Utilizing AI and robotics to improve productivity in medical and nursing care fields.
Fundamental reforms to enhance the sustainability of the pension system (e.g., reviewing the balance between pay-as-you-go and fully funded systems).
Public Understanding and Cooperation
These policies may sometimes involve increased burdens on the public. However, it is essential for the entire nation to share a common understanding of "not inheriting negative assets for future generations," and for each citizen to confront current challenges and embrace change.
Thorough Explanation and Public Dialogue: The government must clearly explain current and future challenges, and the necessity of policies to the public, fostering deeper discussions.
Transparency in Information Disclosure: Make information about fiscal conditions and policy effectiveness transparent, creating an environment where the public can participate in policy decisions with conviction.
Conclusion
Achieving policies that allow people to truly feel wealthy and do not pass on negative assets to the future is not something that can be realized overnight. It requires long-term structural reforms across a wide range of fields, including fiscal discipline, human capital investment, environmental and energy policy, and social security reform. Above all, it is indispensable for the entire nation to engage in dialogue and cooperate towards the common goal of "creating a better future."
