Issue 1: The rational is logical: increasing wages artificially just makes everything more expensive since consumers of the products and services of our employers have to pay more.

Issue 2: It is unquestionable that 16 proposed subsidies will reduce cost of living for many people independent of the presence of inflation. These measures however do not cure the cause of inflation.

Excellent article here and I am all out to support your call to the gahmen to lower some of the taxes that affects the citizens pocket more than theirs.

Let me know if you are standing in the next GE, if you every do so I will definitely vote for you if you are contesting in the estate I live.

We need more opposition party member who can talk that talk and walk the walk with substance like this article.

I just like to say
Thank You !!!
on behalf of the citizens of Singapore.

I just wish that you continue to help Singaporeans
with your knowledge and experience.

best regards

But it also reinforce what I have ofetn said..namely our inflation is due to domestic cost factors rather than external factors.

Therefore MAS’ policy of appreciating the Singapore dollar viz-a-viz the US$ will have limited effect except as to reduce our export competitiveness.

If the Government dares, one quick but drastic approach to reduce inflation is to reduce GST straight away to 5%.

Later as Sze Hian suggest waive GST on food and other neccesities.

1) People’s Revolt – something like what happen during the overthrow of the Marcos government which is quite unlikely to happen

2)For the well paid jokers to feel what is like to go without their fat paying salaries and made them collect used cans from the trash bins – again quitely unlikely

3) Pray for a change

4) Take possession and vote for a change

but now garmen say “Pay rises no cure for inflation” and i never get pay rise becos my boss say garmen say like that, so how? inflation go up, i now jam brake, don wana spend, imagine 1 million people also like me, no pay rise and jam break………restaurant, watch shop, clothes shop all will close down…..

Alamak, Tharman, wana bluff who?

Every dollar returned to the citizen means an additional dollar that the govt has to fund one way or another. For instance, reduced taxes on fuel could mean a savings of $X million to motorists, but what good does it do for people who use public transport? Also, is it the govt’s job to interfere with the profits of private sector firms such as SMRT/SBST, or educational institutions like NUS/NTU/SMU? Shareholders will cry foul, and tertiary institutions will have to find some way of making up the lower revenue since their govt subsidies are gradually being reduced.

Your ideas are well-intentioned no doubt, but there are consequences behind each of them that must be more carefully considered…

I don’t really mind if the Ministers’ pay was halved though, but that probably won’t save more than $20-30mil a year, which is considered small change compared to the overall budget — recall that the budget surplus for FY07 was about $6.4bil.

Pride cometh before the fall.

I didn’t know S’poreans can control lower global food prices by simply spending less!!!

1) Don’t implement Means Testing. Significantly reduce hospitalisation subsidy for PRs instead.

2) Ministerial salary increment should follow NWC recommendation!!!

Let’s not keep blaming the world for these and that when it obviously the major culprit here is our dear arrogant and complacent government. Inflation play a part but it is nothing compare to our government where everything is been taxed, even basic necessities, losing money and keep mum, giving rhetoric for price hike, cover up,.

Now when inflation happens, why not someone stop the pay rise of our ministers ? Are inflation nonchalant to our ministers ? 26 years high and yet our ministers can keep sounding out bullshit as though as happen. Uniquely Singapore ! God save the emperor and dynasty !