Since 2006, when our country decided to abolish the agricultural tax, the lives of farmers have undergone earth-shaking changes, and they no longer have to worry about paying public grain.
But before that, the farmers made great contributions to the development of the country, so that our country successfully survived the "encirclement and suppression" of our country by the world's four major grain banks.
However, some people claim that the living standards of these peasants who used to pay public grain are not good, and some even have no pensions at all.
Despite the pressure of age, they continue to work in the fields to make a living.
What the hell is going on?
Why can't farmers who pay public grain receive pensions?
1. Why should you pay agricultural taxes before?
Agricultural tax has a long history, and it is the most important source of government finance in ancient times, and it is also an important guarantee for the government to develop the country.
Two thousand years ago, the government at that time would collect taxes from the common people who farmed the land, and this tax was used as the crops in the field for the farmers, so it is now called the agricultural tax.
In the Ming Dynasty, after Zhang Juzheng's reforms, the act of paying agricultural taxes to grain has also become a thing of the past, and it needs to be converted into an equivalent amount of silver for tax payment.
Although this method of paying taxes seems to unify the standards and protect farmers from "fire consumption", local merchants can reduce the price by allowing them to exchange the least amount of silver for the most grain in the hands of farmers.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the agricultural tax once again returned to the way of paying taxes on grain.
The collection of agricultural taxes was also to ensure the stable development of our country and not be held by the grain companies of other countries under the condition of insufficient productivity at that time.
2. Abolition of agricultural taxes
At the end of the last century, our country was completely self-sufficient in its productive forces, and even exported some of its grain.
So the government began to promote the policy of benefiting the people, and this policy of benefiting the people is to abolish the agricultural tax that weighs on the Chinese.
In 2000, we looked for a pilot and over the next five years, we extended the policy to the whole country, and finally in 2006 we officially announced that we would be able to abolish agricultural taxes in the country.
The release of this policy has reduced the pressure on the farmers in our country, and all the food can be used to support themselves in the future.
The peasants have more resources in their hands, so the peasants' demands are not simply food and clothing, and the pursuit of life has also increased, so that our country's economy has begun to take off.
Now, the farmers who paid the public grain back then have now reached the age when they should provide for the elderly.
But in their later years, they still need to struggle on the land, after all, they have no other income except for the "old man's money" issued by the state for them, so they can only continue to take root in the land for their livelihood.
3. Why is there no pension for paying public grain?
For such a situation, it has naturally attracted the attention of the public, and experts have also given corresponding explanations for this problem.
It is the obligation of all citizens to pay taxes, so whether they are rural farmers or urban workers, as long as they meet the tax standards, they need to pay the corresponding taxes.
Some people have pensions because they actively respond to the country's pension policy and pay pension insurance every month.
Just like what we are talking about now, "five insurances and one housing fund", although we do not take the initiative to pay, but they are all deducted from the salary of individuals by units and companies, and handed over to the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau.
The peasants who paid the public grain only had a pension if they paid the pension insurance, and the payment of the public grain was an obligation at that time, and there were both unpaid and "paid", which had nothing to do with the current pension.
For the elderly who do not have a pension, the state also attaches great importance to it, so that the local government can provide corresponding support services for these old people.
Many localities have also actively responded to the call of the state, not only issuing poverty subsidies to them, but also calling for help for them through social donations and material donations.
In addition, in order to avoid this situation, the local government sent commissioners to the countryside to publicize the pension issue for those who remained in the countryside, and tailored a series of rural pension policies for them, so that they can enjoy the same retirement treatment as urban workers after retirement.
summary
These peasants, who have paid public grains, have provided great help to the development of the country.
Although these people failed to seize the opportunity of the pension policy in that era of information blockage, the country has never forgotten them and is still trying to do everything possible to help these farmers so that they can enjoy a happy and relaxed old age.