[Quote]:
Originally Posted by Rlim12345
Bravo, we should let nets know that it is the govt who encouraged
to go cashless. Hence the introduction of net. It is not what we
really needed.
Why should be need to pay so much to use such services. The govt
should look into it that going cashless should not add burden to
its citizen. Already everything in Singapore is going up,up,up!!!!.
People is finding it tough to cope with living expenses. So if nets
chose to increase, I will give up and pay by cash. [/quote]
Citizens must cope with whatever they earn.
So the basics like housing, clothing, 3 meals a day and
transportation should be provided for the citizens from the taxes
they already pay without profiteering of any kind by the
government.
If the government recovers any costs of such provisions of basic
services to the people, then taxes should be corresponding reduced
so as not to over-tax on both front and back ends.
Now the whole system of government is taxing and recovering the
fullest possible costs through creative accounting on lands and
GLCs.
This is uncaring government which leads to over-taxing or
double-taxing and should be changed. Any attempts to change such a
system of government so far?
What happen to the talents of so many scholars employed in
government and public service? Why do they fail to understand such
a simple logic about taxation, and provisions of basic
services?
Are they only interested in their own promotions or careers that
they are keeping quiet about such a basic good corporate
governance?
Over and above such basics, until the basic services to the people
as mentioned in the foregoing are fully and effectively satisfied
government should not touch citizens' taxes to use them on
unessential like E-services, NETS, world's firsts or number
on.
So it is wrong to recover more monies i.e. indirect taxes from
ordinary citizens by charging higher NETS fees where basics are
concerned as they cannot even pay for utilities, housing and
transportation which currently are being provided by the government
which are over-priced taking into consideration costs recovery and
original land costs which were already paid by citizens.
We are running not just a corporate government. We are having a
government which tries ways and means of squeezing monies and more
monies from the hapless citizens using legalistic wrangling and
powers to do so.
The above-stated are the main issues affecting citizens and all are
hoping the Straits Times, Dr. Tony Tan and the post-65s will be
able to see through the hypocrisy of such a system and go for
effective and real change.