Club 30's "Kill The Boredom Demon" Jive Pad, 45th Edition

• the Bear

  2 Jul 07, 09:28

  oh.. it's 4th July week...
  
  i figure the US would be celebrating.. but do look out.. look at the $#&@ in UK.. i bet they'll be thinking of something like that around this time too..
  
  right now, my back is messing up my mobility.. it's aching so much
  
  i guess i'm going to sit here and write stuff instead.. got to do some bo-liao things like draft a few replies to throw at the boss to send..
• tare

  2 Jul 07, 09:31

  bubble had his stitches removed yest. and did another blood test for his liver.... now he's on liver supplement which hopefuly help him to absorb more nutrients and help him achieve wat the vet call a supermodel figure: slim with a bit of muscles
  
  and he did gained 200g!!!!
• Meia Gisborn

  2 Jul 07, 09:33

  How's everyone coping with the new GST rate that kicked in yesterday?
• the Bear

  2 Jul 07, 09:33

  yay!
  
  no need for lampshade already?
  
  so, what was the matter with his liver?
• elindra

  2 Jul 07, 09:34

  Morning folks!!!
  It's already Pg 65!
• fudgester

  2 Jul 07, 09:35

  Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:

  How's everyone coping with the new GST rate that kicked in yesterday?

  My aunts kept crowing about the $200 they got.
  
  I wonder if they will finally realise that it's a pittance compared to the extra consumption taxes they have to pay in the years to come.
  
  
• the Bear

  2 Jul 07, 09:36

  try breaking it to them slowly and gently
  
  

  Originally posted by fudgester:

  My aunts kept crowing about the $200 they got.
  
  I wonder if they will finally realise that it's a pittance compared to the extra consumption taxes they have to pay in the years to come.
  
  

• fudgester

  2 Jul 07, 09:41

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  try breaking it to them slowly and gently
  
  

  Nah.... they won't understand.
  
  In the Speaker's Corner thread on this issue, I tried analysing the economic implications of increasing an across-the-board regressive tax and trying to make up for it with a small one-time financial handout.
  
  Instead of having people rebutting my theories and analysis, all I got were personal attacks that I was being a 'textbook idiot' and what have you....
  
  If using macroeconomic theory to analyse a change in fiscal policy makes me a 'textbook idiot', then I can more or less see the direction Singapore is heading: down south.
  
  
• bluejuice

  2 Jul 07, 09:43

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  i think i may need to go see chinese sinseh later.. back is aching like mad

  what happen to ur back??
• hisoka

  2 Jul 07, 09:43

  Originally posted by fudgester:

  Nah.... they won't understand.
  
  In the Speaker's Corner thread on this issue, I tried analysing the economic implications of increasing an across-the-board regressive tax and trying to make up for it with a small one-time financial handout.
  
  Instead of having people rebutting my theories and analysis, all I got were personal attacks that I was being a 'textbook idiot' and what have you....
  
  If using macroeconomic theory to analyse a change in fiscal policy makes me a 'textbook idiot', then I can more or less see the direction Singapore is heading: down south.
  
  

  admit it, we have lots of pple in sgf and singapore who don't listen to reason and do not think logically. what can we do
• viciouskitty74

  2 Jul 07, 09:43

  I think I found the excuse of not travelling while the family is travelling.
  
  Someone has to stay home to feed the rabbit.
• the Bear

  2 Jul 07, 09:46

  forget about theory...
  
  just say.. today i give you $200.. but each day, i collect extra $1 in taxes.. for the rest of your life...
  
  that's basically it right?
  
  
  
  

  Originally posted by fudgester:

  Nah.... they won't understand.
  
  In the Speaker's Corner thread on this issue, I tried analysing the economic implications of increasing an across-the-board regressive tax and trying to make up for it with a small one-time financial handout.
  
  Instead of having people rebutting my theories and analysis, all I got were personal attacks that I was being a 'textbook idiot' and what have you....
  
  If using macroeconomic theory to analyse a change in fiscal policy makes me a 'textbook idiot', then I can more or less see the direction Singapore is heading: down south.
  
  

• the Bear

  2 Jul 07, 09:47

  back?
  
  i guess standing up too long both saturday and sunday did my back in..
  
  later tonight i'll go see chinese sinseh
  
  or maybe even in the afternoon...
  
  oh well..
  
  and kitten.. i thought the rabbit ran away?
• Meia Gisborn

  2 Jul 07, 09:48

  Originally posted by fudgester:

  My aunts kept crowing about the $200 they got.
  
  I wonder if they will finally realise that it's a pittance compared to the extra consumption taxes they have to pay in the years to come.
  
  

  I am going to play devil's advocate here and say that the GST increase will not make a significant or even noticeable dent in the budgets of most ordinary Singaporean who do not plan on buying a car, house or any other big ticket item anytime soon.
  
  Besides, aren't food and clothing purchases exempt from the GST?
  
  
• the Bear

  2 Jul 07, 09:50

  we wish!
  
  the GST is for EVERYTHING..
  
  which is why we have been saying that the GST is going to hamstring the very people the MIW claim they are helping...
  
  they don't even bother to make up a believable lie anymore
  
  

  Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:

  I am going to play devil's advocate here and say that the GST increase will not make a significant or even noticeable dent in the budgets of most ordinary Singaporean who do not plan on buying a car, house or any other big ticket item anytime soon.
  
  Besides, aren't food and clothing purchases exempt from the GST?
  
  

• hisoka

  2 Jul 07, 09:50

  Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:

  I am going to play devil's advocate here and say that the GST increase will not make a significant or even noticeable dent in the budgets of most ordinary Singaporean who do not plan on buying a car, house or any other big ticket item anytime soon.
  
  Besides, aren't food and clothing purchases exempt from the GST?
  
  

  it will make a noticeable dent in the long run. and lets say you spend erm 1k a month. thats 40 bucks gone. not that small an amount, even if it isn't large
• viciouskitty74

  2 Jul 07, 09:52

  I havnt check on the GST.....
• the Bear

  2 Jul 07, 09:54

  laurence is evil!
  
  clicky here => Killer Banana in China
  
  
• viciouskitty74

  2 Jul 07, 09:54

  Hmmmm....maybe I will try to bring the Harley out of Langkawi Island and ride it for the 3 National Charity Ride in KL.
  
  Then get that Hornet 900 to ride up to Thailand instead cos the Harley might not tahan the motorcycle tour round Cambodia, Myanmar or Laos..
  
  Keep a Honda Wave R for normal riding in Thailand.
  
  And ride my father's Burgmen 250 in Singapore.
  
  *Machiam like I really can......*
• Meia Gisborn

  2 Jul 07, 09:57

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  laurence is evil!
  
  clicky here => Killer Banana in China
  
  

  Whew! Thank goodness the bananas sold here come from Central and South America.
  
  Lotsa weird and potentially lethal things coming out of China of late...
• av98m

  2 Jul 07, 09:58

  back earlier than I expected.
  
  Fudge, you actually tried talking sense in speaker's corner?
  
  *presses laugh button*
  
  Anyway, all the small things add up. GST hike, Nets hike, public transport hike, etc. Starhub hike not counted because that one is something we can do without. Many other things are going to go up to, but those I cannot mention here.
  
  I think most of us can deal comfortably with it, but the lower income families barely making ends meet are going to get hit really hard.
• the Bear

  2 Jul 07, 09:59

  i'll attempt to write a note to a bunch of idiots..
  
  throw it at the boss to send coz she's the boss
• tare

  2 Jul 07, 10:01

  Originally posted by the Bear:

  yay!
  
  no need for lampshade already?
  
  so, what was the matter with his liver?

  he still have to put it on for another 3-4 days... but tis wkend finally can have a proper bath
  
  blood test show his liver enzyme level is abit too high or issit too low?(watever it means)... it's either his liver is too small (as like all his other organs) tat's why work extra hard... or not functioning as it should tat's why he's not absorbing all the nutrients tat he should...
  
  i only noe how to ask if he's okie and how much?
• av98m

  2 Jul 07, 10:01

  And I find it reprehensible that while the the pap has upped their own salaries by ridiculous proportions over their previously already ridiculous packages, they refuse to revise the various financial assistance schemes that they claim will help the poor. (the income ceiling to qualify remains the same now as it was over 10 years ago and the amount given is still the same, despite the rise in the cost of living compared to over a decade ago!)
• av98m

  2 Jul 07, 10:02

  Originally posted by tare:

  he still have to put it on for another 3-4 days... but tis wkend finally can have a proper bath
  
  blood test show his liver enzyme level is abit too high or issit too low?(watever it means)... it's either his liver is too small (as like all his other organs) tat's why work extra hard... or not functioning as it should tat's why he's not absorbing all the nutrients tat he should...
  
  i only noe how to ask if he's okie and how much?

  Good to know the dog is fine