补短板、兜底线

• 作 者: 钟植
• 出 处: 时事(时事报告初中生版)
• 发表日期: 2013年02期
• 关键词: 最底层 养老保险 保障房 城镇职工医保 短板效应 李克 城镇居民医保 医改新方案 城乡医疗救助 社会救助制度

一只木桶能装多少水,不取决于木桶上最长的那块木板,而是取决于最短的那块,这就是有名的“短板效应”。相似道理,观察一个社会的发展程度,并不只看摩天大楼、机场高铁,还要看大桥下面、街头角落,社会最底层、最弱势群体的生存状况。正如李克强总理所言,建设好民生政府,需要特别注重“补短板、兜底线”。

How much water a bucket can hold does not depend on the longest block in the bucket, but on the shortest one, which is known as the “short board effect.” By the same token, looking at the development of a society does not depend on the skyscrapers and the airport high-speed railways, but also on the living conditions under the bridge, the corner of the streets, the bottom of society and the most vulnerable groups. As Premier Li Keqiang said, building a good government for people’s livelihood requires special attention to “making up the shortcomings and going all out.”