Should the Government Make the Rich pay more taxes?

greengoblin SG

Comments Comments….Saw a post saying that some one has lost his love for the country slowly and would want the governemt to impose more taxes on the rich…do you think that will help the nation?

zenden9 SG

Yes,tax the rich help the poor! But the extra tax of rich must really go back to the poor! Like cut down on transport fee,reduce of maintainence fee of 3-rooms and below and ….

wuming78 SG

it has always been the case mah – the fact that not everyone pays income tax and those who earn more pays more tax.

reyes SG

are our tax system favouring the rich or the poor?
the rich and poor gap in singapore are getting wider and wider.
maybe that the new economy we are talking about. poor get poorer and rich just get richer.

the salary gap in singapore is also getting wider and wider. civil servants can be millionaire by the hundred. is something wrong with your pay structure for the civil servants? im not saying civil servants cannnot be rich but they are too rich that i start to suspect the justification of the govt pay structure.

during recent reservist, i saw many young scholar major and half colonel draw mercedes benz to camp.

sad sad sad.
if you want to stay and fight for this govt, good luck. i think alot of ppl are planning exit route.

Augustin SG

dont be stupid..... government increase tax for rich, the rich, who are mainly YOUR bosses will all pack and run away.... end up who suffer?? you.... Exclamation

Xenthar SG

Rich people always a lot of loopholes what lei. Go do some calculations and you see the poor always pay more taxes. Besides rich people has money. Money is a very strong bargaining power in Singapore.

I also planning to earn a lot and then migrate to other country next time. What for stay in a country where only elites are favored?

Augustin SG

thats what i plan to do also.... put my money in a foreign bank as well

Joshua1975 SG

No... the rich are paying more tax liao because they spent more Smile GST leh.

The garment should not let the poor pay tax is the oni way. Lower the transport fees, lower... what else you guys want them to lower?

wuming78 SG

those earning below a certain income bracket are already not paying tax and if im not wrong alot of workers in singapore are not paying income tax.

<sk> SG

To those who do not know the tax bracket...

You do not have to pay income tax if your income falls below $20k per year.

Joshua1975 SG

Yes yes yes, I mean other than income tax, the daily tax Mr. Green

D13 SG

As one of the filty rich, I object to the notion that the rich should pay more tax. I suggests that the France of Louis XVI be our guide, then the French state achieved the distinction of a tax system in which the poorer you were, the more you paid. Twisted Evil

<sk> SG

You're an illiterate rich bum! Wink

wuming78 SG

daily tax? if u meant gst, tt is u pay wat u buy. so its fair lor.

I-like-flings(m) SG

actually even if u earn up to 25k to 30k.. u may not get tax as there's alot of deductible expenses and relief....and it's about 60% to 70% of the ppl are not paying tax now....

but.. u know ur government one lah... they got another 101 ways to milk u dry...... Mr. Green

Joshua1975 SG

than how much you earn you pay how much the tax apply across the board lar why the rich must pay more leh.

D13 SG

The difference between an unemployed rich and an unemployed poor by Adam Trask: "It was not laziness if he was a rich man. Only the poor were lazy. Just as only the poor was ignorant. A rich man who didn't know anything was spoiled or independent."

Spelling Check Done! Wink

gaoyue SG

dats the reason y alot of ppl are against globalisation.

wuming78 SG

cos its a progressive tax and doing so will be more in line with social equity - those who can do more towards nation building do more lor. no one's complaining. Wink

reyes SG

what the reason are we paying taxes? so that the govt ministries are operating? or pay for the social benefits?
if we are paying for the operation cost of govt ministry then we are overpaid. tax can be in terms of many form. incometax, road tax, HDB tax, AND ALL KIND OF $%^$&%^ TAX. coz govt have too much millionaire.
social benefits? do we have any? all kind of subsidies are just talk by govt? our education and housing also got subsidies??

glad to know there are many willing tax payers here. below 20k no need to pay tax but you are paying more through daily taxes. GST 5% kill you even more than tax. when you earn less, there not much govt could reap from those lower income, but through GST they could end up getting more from the poor. As for the filthy %^&%^ rich one, they should pay more for the social benefit for the less fortunate. my thinking is naive, not feasible. could be. does fighting for the less fortunate arent a good reason to ask the rich pay more.

anyway we just here talk cock sing song for the govt to listen.
singaporean, arent dare enough to challenge the system.