So many people talk 'minyak naik'. From Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Ahmad Maslan, Hasan Malek to people in the kampungs.
If that's the case, stop BR1M and bring down the prices of fuel, okay or not?
Oh, before it slips my mind. Here comes another good fashionable explanation, from PM Najib's right hand man at Ministry of Finance:
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It reminds me of a statement made by Wahid Omar last month that the average monthly income for Malaysians is about RM5,600 per month.
So, why must we give them BR1M?
What was the basis for Ahmad Maslan findings, that those in the RM3,000 per month income bracket spend only RM132 on petrol and diesel per month? Who conducted the survey, and how long did it take... or there wasn't any survey at all?
Why must we come up with these craps when the peoples are still far from understanding what GST is all about, rather than knowing that it will benefit the government and the rich and famous?
Frankly, we don't need bombastic mathematical and economic terminology to make them understand. No need to appear on TV every now and then to disseminate the message.
What we need is people like the late Tun Ghafar Baba who knew how to handle the laymen and 'orang kampung' better. They understood him for his simple and downright language.
I may agree with what Dr Mahathir said, that the price hike was inevitable because it would help stamp out petrol and diesel smuggling at the border, and that our prices are still the lowest in the region.
Well, I will have to agree (but not now).The fuel subsidy reduction of 20 sen per litre in the price of petrol and diesel has received the thumbs up from Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.The former prime minister said the move was appropriate in order to avoid financial leakage and misappropriation of the subsidised fuel, Bernama reported today.
Speaking to reporters in Kota Baru, he said that if the subsidies were not reduced, the fuel supply would continue to be manipulated by certain quarters to reap profits, especially through cross-border smuggling of the fuel to neighbouring countries.
And here comes another reason we need to ponder. It comes from our youngest Cabinet member Khairy Jamaluddin.
It means, you give BR1M and take it back from recipients, right? While many were deprived of the so-called 'wang ihsan' because of red tapes or corruption, we want to say that the government gives the money only to pay for petrol and diesel.PETALING JAYA, Oct 2 — A federal minister pointed out today that Putrajaya’s Bantuan Rakyat 1 Malaysia (BR1M) cash handout initiative could help ease the financial burden on poorer Malaysians affected by the latest hike in petrol prices.Youth and sports minister Khairy Jamaluddin said slashing fuel subsidies is a painful but necessary measure to help facilitate economic reform.
“The issue that we have with subsidies is not that we don’t want to help people but that the current subsidy system favours people who really don’t deserve to get subsidies.
“At the moment, in our subsidy system everybody enjoys the same price… regardless of your income status,” he told reporters here.
Khairy said the government needed to trim its subsidy bill, which currently gobbles up a large chunk of taxpayers’ funds, but at the same time, it had to do so without neglecting the needs of the lower income group.
“Of course we have to rationalise subsidy but we offset this directly by giving BR1M,” he said.
If that's the case, stop BR1M and bring down the prices of fuel, okay or not?
Oh, before it slips my mind. Here comes another good fashionable explanation, from PM Najib's right hand man at Ministry of Finance:
It reminds me of a statement made by Wahid Omar last month that the average monthly income for Malaysians is about RM5,600 per month.
So, why must we give them BR1M?
What was the basis for Ahmad Maslan findings, that those in the RM3,000 per month income bracket spend only RM132 on petrol and diesel per month? Who conducted the survey, and how long did it take... or there wasn't any survey at all?
Why must we come up with these craps when the peoples are still far from understanding what GST is all about, rather than knowing that it will benefit the government and the rich and famous?
Frankly, we don't need bombastic mathematical and economic terminology to make them understand. No need to appear on TV every now and then to disseminate the message.
What we need is people like the late Tun Ghafar Baba who knew how to handle the laymen and 'orang kampung' better. They understood him for his simple and downright language.