pendapat bernas nk kongsi...

picked this up today, gud food for thought this....

(will be deleted once the original moderators say take it off fr here)

in response to this:
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/13150-shahrir-says-malaysians-are-greedy

one of the commenters wrote this...

Shut Your Gap Shi*hir
written by Stop The Nonsense, November 25, 2008

Malaysians are not greedy. They just have stupid so called leaders. It's destructive to bring down prices quickly - destructive to whose pockets? So you mean it's fuc*ing CONSTRUCTIVE to the citizens for the fuel price to increase by 78 cents overnight???? Shut your gap if you don't have a brain to first process what you want to say. WHEN THE STUPID GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO SPEND, THEY REDUCE OUR EPF INTEREST PAYOUT, INCREASE OUR MONTHLY TAXABLE AMOUNT AND WHATEVER NOT. SO WHEN THE GOVERNMENT CAUSES HIGH INFLATION RATES, WHERE THE HELL DO THE CITIZENS FIND THE EXTRA MONEY TO COVER THEIR EXPENSES? THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO INCREASE ALL OUR SALARIES?

The natural resources of this country belongs to the citizens. So how come only PETRONAS is benefiting from it and none of the citizens are enjoying any of the perks that come with the resources? Why should we be taxed on things that belong to us while only certain individuals enjoy the full benefits; including the government. If that's the case, we shouldn't be paying income tax since we're being taxed on our natural resources.

You might argue that every other country in this world impose taxes on their citizens. BUT AT LEAST THE PEOPLE OF OTHER NATIONS ENJOY FAR BETTER LIVING CONDITIONS WITH MUCH HIGHER BUYING POWER. IN CASE YOU DIDN'T REALISE, THE RINGGIT IS BECOMING RUBBISH.

I don't mind paying taxes, but WHERE THE HELL DOES ALL OUR MONEY GO TO? IF YOU SAY OUR TAX RATE IS MUCH LOWER AND OUR GOVERNMENT HAS LESS MONEY TO SPEND, HOW COME OUR MINISTERS CAN LIVE JUST AS LAVISHLY AS MINISTERS IN OTHER COUNTRIES???????????? OUR TAX MONEY CANNOT GIVE US BETTER PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION? BETTER SECURITY? THEN THE MINISTERS SHOULD STOP GOING AROUND IN BRAND NEW MERCEDES VEHICLES, LIVE IN APARTMENTS, SHOP AT HYPERMARKETS AND SO ON. IF THE LIVES OF MALAYSIAN CITIZENS ARE NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO ENJOY ALL THESE, IT SHOULD ALSO BE THE CASE FOR THE MINISTERS SINCE WE ARE THE ONES PAYING FOR EVERYTHING THEY EARN AND OWN.

OUR DAMN BUDGET HAS TRIPLED SINCE 10 YEARS AGO. HOW MANY OF YOU OUT THERE CAN SAY THE SAME FOR YOUR SALARIES. IF THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO TRIPLE THE BUDGET IN ORDER TO 'RUN' THE COUNTRY, I DON'T KNOW WHY THE CITIZENS DO NOT NEED TRIPLE THEIR SALARIES TO SURVIVE. IT'S TIME WE STOPPED CUTTING DOWN ON WHAT WE HAVE JUST SO SOME MORONS CAN HAVE MORE.

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so effin true aint it?