Grace Fu's talk on GST and National Development

last SG · 2007-05-26T00:53:14+00:00

Where you there? I was beside the Mic which drop down leh. My first reaction was -___-" It's slowly dropping, slowly dropping, and finally drop!

ndmmxiaomayi SG

I believe that not all are, especially the new ones who were brought in during the last GE.

Some just don't know what they are talking.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

If he doesn't break the laws within the next few years. There's a chance he will be here. But unlikely RP will invite...

Gay 2 SG

dunno what to write for the rj

Darkness_hacker99 SG

hmM~ yar.. I think CCC wont invite him de. Neutral

Darkness_hacker99 SG

I have outlines le, now slowly typing.

Gay 2 SG

wha care to share ?

ndmmxiaomayi SG

I realize I'm actually bootlicking PAP when I wrote the RJ. Rolling Eyes

Honesty is hardly a virtue in this situation. Evil or Very Mad

Darkness_hacker99 SG

I think the RJ is read by the CCC bah.. I guess PAP won't be reading your RJ.. Laughing

hMM~ But if CCC support PAP hor, then good lor. bootlick them = get CE point.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Read by CCC, but Internet is owned by Government. I'm not going to take risk.

Hopefully RP knows of nothing I wrote here. Rolling Eyes

LinYu SG

what's so confusing? it's to help the POOR Laughing

don't ask me how. i'm bad at complex mathematics

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Ya, I know. But every month gives out $300 to $400? (If I never misunderstood).

This has got to be the greatest joke if it is true. Laughing

LinYu SG

if picnochio had told the story, his nose would have sprung a few feet long
Laughing

ndmmxiaomayi SG

How I wish she was Pinochio. Laughing

Darkness_hacker99 SG

Laughing

matleep SG

Where's the joke?

From what I know, government is already giving out $200 to $300 every month to the poor. So with GST, it wouldn't be a problem for them to give out more to them.

Instead of questioning on the payout to the poor, we should be asking, how much of this money actually comes from the 2% increase of GST?
What portion of the 2% GST raised, is going to the poor?
Is $300-$400 monthly enough for the poor given that the prices for basic necessity had been increasing?

ndmmxiaomayi SG

If you were there... you should have heard what she said.

Otherwise... just read the first page... it is basically an overview of the whole issue...

$300 to $400, without including water, gas and electronic bills, actually is enough for basic survival, the rice, the milk, clothes, etc. But whether it's really enough to cover all the basic stuffs we need, is another issue.

matleep SG

I think she has her points except that she didn't articulate well enough. And i think her points are logical to some extend.

However, I was thinking of asking hard questions to her about her points. Like if you were talking about GST helping the poor, how much GST actually goes back to the poor? I think she will be unable to answer this and yet as a MP, she should know this statistic. And, moreover, if the portion going to the poor is very low (which I think it is), then can the government justify this GST increase by saying that it is to help the poor?

Lastly, if you don't want to be brainwashed, learning to ask hard questions helps a lot. It teaches you to to differentiate what is a fact and what is an assumption and how logical is the overall argument. Coming to speakers corner, in my opinion, serves only to be brainwash towards the opposition.

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