I understand that most people in this forum gives more concern
to the poor and needy.
If it is only GST hike,
$250/2*105 = $13125
Those who are of lower-income need to spend $13125 of original
price (5% GST) before finishing the $250. For them, I believe
that $13k is a lot. The GST offset package is primarily for this
purpose.
However, we still have other hikes.... Can the $400 for the poor
and needy people be sufficient to cover these expenses? With NS, it
is another $100.
I leave it for you all to calculate.
Just to share a story I recently heard... A story of a female
malay security guard with 5 children and no husband. She has to
work 12 hrs a day as a security guard for a particular condo just
to manage to make ends meet. 8 hrs of work are not sufficient. In
addition, she handles the laundry. She has tried CDC, FDS and even
Mendaki. The help that CDC and FDS provided was too little (I'm not
sure how much though, but she has 5 children). For Mendaki, the
only help they could offer is free tuition for her children; but
the travel distance, time and fare for her children to go to the
Mendaki students is too much. I sincerely admire her for her
courage and determination to survive and work for her children to
be able to go to school.
the money they throw back at the people are just bones and
scraps to make you feel good about things .... if the
powers-that-be thinks it'll gloss over rising food prices, rising
transport prices (while the transport monopolies report profits
year after year), rising GST, and screwing the lower middle classes
over with the annuity thingy, they are wrong .....
I have pledged my vote to the other side ... even if its a
retarted chimpanzee ...
