Low Thia Kiang praises workfare, slams GST hike

• (human)

  1 Mar 07, 14:07

  Abstact from Singapore Strait Time 28th FEB
  
  Mr Low "i'd like to point out whether the government is fleecing the people?" I think he did the right thing. what's every one view?
• SevenEleven

  1 Mar 07, 14:19

  slyvia suggestion to include the sales of govt land may have put off the GST 7%
  
• spinsugar

  1 Mar 07, 18:24

  Originally posted by SevenEleven:

  slyvia suggestion to include the sales of govt land may have put off the GST 7%
  

  Including the Sales of govt land - that was Chiam's suggestion. Sylvia suggested waiting 3 years for the casino taxes to kick in.
• alwaysdisturbed

  1 Mar 07, 18:40

  wait long long.
  they started the gst hike....
  the casino taxes will come in as extra income.
  
  its human nature to want more.
• 4getmenot

  2 Mar 07, 00:18

  Originally posted by alwaysdisturbed:

  wait long long.
  they started the gst hike....
  the casino taxes will come in as extra income.
  
  its human nature to want more.

  even as the casino tax revenue starts rolling in, they'll still be a future increase in the GST.. WHY?
  
  'becasue it is the good times and we should save more to prepare for the future'
  'because we'll need more money to help the lower income and the families who got ruined by one of their 'addicted' kin'
  'and because the law of gravity doesn't apply to the gahmen, "what goes up must come down, in this case, what goes up must go up further'...