I often ask him: “How is life?” He always grins and provides me the same answer: “On payday Rs. Sri Lanka’s workforce is highly state dependent and the island’s massive inclination towards a welfare state is far beyond our affordability or financial capacity. When this happens, every government becomes the victim of their own policies when the cost of living starts rising. As a result, higher incomes become meaningless in Sri Lanka as our quality of life continues to deteriorate. Thus, we don’t really meet the basic requirements for a satisfying quality of life or ease of doing business.

Source: The Nation November 28, 2020 19:18 UTC