They have the White horse system created to prevent special
treatment argument
Mr David Leong, managing director of recruitment firm People
Worldwide Consulting, adds: 'Some people might wonder if the GST
increase is to pay for the increase in ministers' salaries.'
"He says: 'That would be mischievous. It speaks well of the
Government that it chooses to bite the bullet and do it now,
instead of raising the GST now and then increasing ministers' pay a
year later just to avoid criticism."
When they are worried US economy would go down next year so no
pay hike..