Okay i started this topic to
get genuine, earnest reply from the most vociferous forumers
here.
Long has the cries of the populace
for the government to cut tax cut ministers pay cut expenses give
more subsidy, lower living expenses.
Experts, please show us your –
balance
budget policies then?
IE Pretend you are the FM and you are the one dishing out
the budget. How would you adjust the expenditure
of our country?
Here's the PDF file link to for you to study the budget.
http://www.singaporebudget.gov.sg/speech_toc/downloads/FY2008_Budget_Highlights.pdf
Then we can have our own palimentary budget debate here.
You dont have to adjust every figure but a well explained reply
will do and you must be prepared to justify your reasoning from all
forumners who wants to challenge your statement.
Breakdown of budget by ministry is found here:
http://www.singaporebudget.gov.sg/revenue_expenditure/toc.html
<Example> I would like to suggest that GST be cut by
2% back to 5%. The (est) loss in revenue will be 2 billion
dollars. This 2 billion dollars cut in revenue will be made
up with a 2 billion dollars cut in the expenditure of the
MINDEF budget of the year. This will cut back the aquisition of
latest new equipment required for the transformation of the 3G Army
by 2 years.<Example i'm not supporting this because i cant
count very well :P>
Personally, i'm no accountant so perhaps the enthu forumners
like Mau13 and robertteh please start the ball rolling? After all
knowing how many of those P4P sniffers there might be about....
maybe some good will come out of this.
Moreover, maybe they will troll more and open their eyes more
after seeing how the BN got their butts kicked in the recent
elections.
Good Luck.
if u expect the forumers to comb thru' the documents from your
links and provide a so-called balance view and in the
seriousness you imply, i think you r barking up the wrong tree. you
should ask oppositions with shadow gahmen to do it, like WP.
or give these forumers the battalion of economists, etc. and
then, maybe a `balanced' view can be extracted out.
like HK says, we got better things to do. most of us throw out
opinions, many baised. sometimes, me included, talk nonsense just
to stir up the good spirits in others.
i second your good wishes though for those who would like to
attempt your challenge,....... good luck.