The GST raise catalysed a lot of the inflation you know....it's
a ripple effect on everyone, every business. Hawkers raise their
prices by 50 cents etc. Small businesses like the small grocery
shop or barber shop will raise prices because their raw materials
etc are all GST affected. So it's dumbshit ironical when the govt
says GST is raised to help the poor. The poor get hit hardest.
Yes, when govt raised any thing, be it gst, cooking oil, rice,
etc...hawkers will take this opportunity to increase their
price.
Govt increast 1 to 5%, hawkers increase 10 to 20%.
And customers will suffer even more. They have to eat.
Hawkers will be smiling all the way to the bank.
And they love govt increase this and that, so that they have the
opportunity to increase their price 10 fold.
