tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26639074.post116356329736178414..comments2023-11-09T16:33:01.289+08:00Comments on Siao Lang Geng (Asylum in Hokkien): GST to be increased to 7%Mockingbirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06138644598929711369noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26639074.post-1167293512629855462006-12-28T16:11:00.000+08:002006-12-28T16:11:00.000+08:00Water and electric bills - discount given from the...Water and electric bills - discount given from the government. <BR/><BR/>Water and electric bills in 2007 - down to 8%. <BR/><BR/>Poor no need to pay GST for medicines. Poor have many schemes to help them.INVS 2.0https://www.blogger.com/profile/10262125672812329544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26639074.post-1167122185331961752006-12-26T16:36:00.000+08:002006-12-26T16:36:00.000+08:00To HappySurfer: Sad state of affairs indeed.To Bob...To HappySurfer: Sad state of affairs indeed.<BR/><BR/>To Bobo: Your 2 cents is worth a lot of wisdom.<BR/><BR/>To Lao Xing Zhou: They are merely commenting based on what has been happening all these years. It's an undeniable fact that the income gap between the rich and the poor has been increasing at an alarming rate. The rich with tons of excessive money won't feel any pinch with such GST rate hikes. It's the poor who will feel the bite.Mockingbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06138644598929711369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26639074.post-1167115880463065252006-12-26T14:51:00.000+08:002006-12-26T14:51:00.000+08:00Guys, don't jumped into conclusion yet. Wait and s...Guys, don't jumped into conclusion yet. <BR/><BR/>Wait and see how things went before making comments.INVS 2.0https://www.blogger.com/profile/10262125672812329544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26639074.post-1164621230339537592006-11-27T17:53:00.000+08:002006-11-27T17:53:00.000+08:00It is my opinion that, a raise in GST is justified...It is my opinion that, a raise in GST is justified....<BR/><BR/><BR/>only if "basic necessities' and "basic medical care" are exempted from GST.<BR/><BR/>if not, the poor get only poorer...Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094854053249564043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26639074.post-1164180200045596942006-11-22T15:23:00.000+08:002006-11-22T15:23:00.000+08:00http://brainybimbo.blogspot.com/2006/11/goddammit-...http://brainybimbo.blogspot.com/2006/11/goddammit-stop-being-so-blind.html<BR/><BR/>I do agree that the poor will suffer a little from this... 2% of 1.2k is about $24. People have a household income lesser than that are eligible for many welfare schemes. <BR/><BR/>I dunno.... as the Garment of a country they have to look after the masses and let as little fall through the cracks as possible. There will be people who will suffer and there will be aid going out to them... relief packages and such.. Most of these people living in the lower income bracket can get up to $1000 in the last payout. $1000 can cover 2% GST for 3 years. But many of these people tend to spend that payout money on... plasma TVs.. MP3s... I've seen that happen. No money to eat but got 42" TV at home.<BR/><BR/>How can the Garment sift out the really poor from those who just plain reckless with money? Just income declaration alone is not enough. <BR/><BR/>I so agree. I hate it when we watch people suffer so we must also do our part. The only way to make the gap smaller... is by getting the rich to give to the poor. nothing much the Garment can do. Income tax can only go to a certain amount...<BR/><BR/>My two cents.The Bimbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04387004887678246921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26639074.post-1163831200958442662006-11-18T14:26:00.000+08:002006-11-18T14:26:00.000+08:00Whatever % is levied, the lower-income group will ...Whatever % is levied, the lower-income group will feel the pinch most. Sad state of affairs.HappySurferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01444290549991093661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26639074.post-1163649143735862432006-11-16T11:52:00.000+08:002006-11-16T11:52:00.000+08:00To Bored Dad: We all need to seek out multiple str...To Bored Dad: We all need to seek out multiple streams of income instead of just relying on our pay, don't we? <BR/><BR/>To Kurakat: Yaloh. Majority are slaves. Only the minority can rise to become slavemasters.<BR/><BR/>To Joepsc: Indeed. How can ministers who make more than $10k a month understand what's it's like to struggle with $1k a month to make ends meet?Mockingbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06138644598929711369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26639074.post-1163645000096497872006-11-16T10:43:00.000+08:002006-11-16T10:43:00.000+08:00High officials are earning too much to understand ...High officials are earning too much to understand the impact of paying additional 20 or 30 dollars more each month. An MP's 10K a month is more than enough for regular "elite" holiday, let alone GST. Furthermore, some government investment companies can loose hundreds of millions of dollars...so what's the big deal about a package to help the poor? I doubt even a line of people jumping onto MRT track will bat an eyelid.JOEPSChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07822845813011316611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26639074.post-1163641468751753472006-11-16T09:44:00.000+08:002006-11-16T09:44:00.000+08:00We are slaves of the New Economy. Period.We are slaves of the New Economy. <BR/><BR/>Period.NAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06627049944309696011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26639074.post-1163626838739968072006-11-16T05:40:00.000+08:002006-11-16T05:40:00.000+08:00I wanted to blog and comments about this too, caus...I wanted to blog and comments about this too, cause from a general heartlanders and layman's point of view, we people are really going to get more poorer when the 7% GST take into effects, especially so when our pays does not increase at all. However, I realised that I can find no strong points nor know enough of economic to understands why is this hike of GST is necessary, more importantly, if the government is really so much care about helping poor and providing relief packages or subsidies for the elderly and sick and needy families, then they ought to do so from the government's fund, or use our national reserves' gain or profits to fund this relief packages, they should not 'tax' us more in order to do a 'good' and 'kind' deeds to the people.<BR/><BR/>This is like, now, I wanted to do good and help those poor and needy, but I take money from you to do it instead of coming out of my own pocket money!<BR/><BR/>What's worse is that, just not too long ago they claimed that the economy may be slowling down next year due to various factors, thus indicating that the government is still unwilling to give out good bonuses for this year even though the economy is doing much better than expected, and partially to 'pre-warn' our people that not to be complacent or slack, and yet now they claim that the economy is doing well and it's 'important' to raise the GST at point in order to remain 'competitive' and to 'help the poor'?<BR/><BR/>Hello?Bored Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14007383947842256752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26639074.post-1163565873997955142006-11-15T12:44:00.000+08:002006-11-15T12:44:00.000+08:00gst is an indirect tax and it is regressive, ie it...gst is an indirect tax and it is regressive, ie it will affect the poor more. it is good that the govt is put up a relive package for those low income group. <BR/><BR/>we have to really look at the package that the govt rolling out after the budget in 2007 to know the full impact on the poor.seefeihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13678700448170267302noreply@blogger.com