Whenever I suggest that the govt should provide a certain service, some people will come forward to say that the govt will take this excuse to raise taxes.
I guess that this group represents up to 30% of the public. They have been conditioned to think that every service should be paid for separately.
This fear is not justified.
The govt has already raised a lot of money through GST and various types of taxes. They have a large budget surplus, after spending extravagantly on many infrastructure and grandiose projects, that they have to return the surplus in SG bonus to the citizens.
There is no need to raise additional taxes to fund useful welfare and other projects that improve the lives of the people.
What are some of the useful things that the govt can provide?
a) Provide free shuttle within a town
b) Allow better access to subsidized health care
c) Reduce rental on hawker stalls
d) Employ more teachers so that parents do not need to engage private tutors.
e) Pension for low income people above 75 years
All of these can be funded just by being more prudent on our spending on the grandiose projects.
We need a new govt that can run this country more responsibly.
Tan Kin Lian
I guess that this group represents up to 30% of the public. They have been conditioned to think that every service should be paid for separately.
This fear is not justified.
The govt has already raised a lot of money through GST and various types of taxes. They have a large budget surplus, after spending extravagantly on many infrastructure and grandiose projects, that they have to return the surplus in SG bonus to the citizens.
There is no need to raise additional taxes to fund useful welfare and other projects that improve the lives of the people.
What are some of the useful things that the govt can provide?
a) Provide free shuttle within a town
b) Allow better access to subsidized health care
c) Reduce rental on hawker stalls
d) Employ more teachers so that parents do not need to engage private tutors.
e) Pension for low income people above 75 years
All of these can be funded just by being more prudent on our spending on the grandiose projects.
We need a new govt that can run this country more responsibly.
Tan Kin Lian
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