GST IS NOT A REGRESSIVE TAX

When analysing the tax regime on the people, a regressive tax system means that the poor pay more and the rich pay less. It is no doubt in a pure GST regime; it can’t be denied that it is regressive. But slight modification has been made. More than 200 basic needs have been exempted from GST. These items are mostly consumed by lower and middle income group. I don’t think rich people commute using public transport, going to government hospital/clinic to seek medical treatment, etc Clearly, under the revised GST, the poor and middle income groups have been protected. Secondly, GST is a consumption tax. It is based on your spending. You spend more, you will be taxed more. Low and middle income earners are unlikely to spend more on non-basic items that are not GST-exempted. Even if they did, the volume is not as high as the wealthy people as their purchasing power is lower than the wealthy.. It is usually the wealthy people who spend more on luxuries. Thirdly, the net increment of the GST to the government’s coffer is only about RM3 billion per year. The rest of the money generated from GST will go to the people and also to offset the loss from reduced personal and company taxes. The cash handouts and all the 1Malaysia initiatives are intended to the low and middle income groups. Again, these safety nets are meant to protect the low and middle income earners rather than the riches. How could this be regressive then? Next, the GST is not a regressive tax as it will make more people pay less income tax. It is announced those who earn less than RM4000 now will pay no income tax. This group as far as I know is not the wealthy people therefore it will benefit the low and middle income earners. The opposition under DS Anwar Ibrahim always like to criticise the government for being too reliance on Petronas’ money. They argued government’s revenue should be expanded because sooner or later the oil money will be decreased. Well, isn’t that what exactly the government is doing? To be less dependence on Petronas’ money is a progressive move. To stick with the status quo is rather a regressive act. So progressive GST is that it will ensure that errant business operators pay their dues. Have you ever wondered all the imposed tax under current SST may not actually end up in the government’s coffers? It is reported Malaysia has large capital outflows which usually happened from transfer pricing where companies transfer costs to various centres around the world to minimize the tax. In other words, government is financially bleeding. Once GST is implemented, it will make life harder for them to do so as they have to be complete record at every stage of transaction. Those who is evading taxes can also be traced. Isn’t that progressive? Lastly, GST has an inherent advantage. If a citizen consumes, he is taxed. If he does not and saves, the government can tap the savings for development purposes. Clearly, GST is not a regressive tax.

US SPY SCANDAL

Now we know how the United States of America has become a great country. It is something that never been taught in any leading business school. According to the Head of US Intelligence, knowing what foreign leaders were thinking was critical to US policy-making. Such critical the need of input from other countries that the National Security Agency (NSA) had led more than 61,000 hacking operations worldwide, bugged the EU offices, conducted an electronic eavesdropping operation on 35 world leaders and a total of 38 embassies were under surveillance. Malaysia included. Not content with foreign countries’ input, the NSA also was collecting telephone records of tens of millions Americans, tapped directly into the servers of Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo, etc and monitor up to 600 million communications every day. Ironically, all these things happened under the supervision of the country who lectures to the rest of the world about ‘rule of law’, ‘good governance’, ‘separation of power’, ‘democracy’ and ‘independence’. In fact they won’t hesitate to kill thousands of people just to ‘democratise’ them. Clearly this is the mother of all hypocrisy. To the self-anointed sheriff of the world, stop preaching about something you secretly against. We know for a fact people and nations spy, even on friends. And it must be done undemocratically as democracy is not the panacea for all political and security problems. Just admit it; the needs of the majority outweigh the right of individual. It has to depend on ‘undemocratic’ means to safeguard it from the freedom abuses. In case the USA wants some input on their policy, go away with the system where it takes USD20 million to be elected to the Senate; where lawmakers spend more time to raise money rather than studying issue. Please ensure the Congress not become a forum for legalized bribery or some drama that going to shut down the government again. Ignore the lobbyist and pass the most common sense gun law banning assault weapons after the mass murder of schoolchildren. Yes, you ‘s’can.

Terima kasih daun keladi.

Alhamdulillah dengan izin Allah saya telah berjaya menyandang jawatan Timbalan Ketua Bahagian Sg Siput. Terima kasih yang tidak terhingga kepada semua perwakilan, jentera & petugas yang bekerja tanpa jemu. Moga Allah beri saya kekuatan dan kesabaran mendukung jawatan ini. Bersatu Bersetia Berkhidmat Salam perjuangan.

Selamat berwukuf

Berjuta juta umat Islam sedang menuju ke Arafah hari ini untuk berwukuf. Saya mendoakan semoga jemaah Haji Malaysia, khasnya jemaah tajaan 1MDB, direzekikan kesihatan yang baik dan mudah-mudahan dipermudahkan urusan beribadat. Perbanyakkan zikir dan Surah Al Ikhlas. Semoga mendapat haji yang mabrur.

Pangkahlah dengan Rasional demi UMNO.

Tanggungjawab sebagai PERWAKILAN bukan sekadar memangkah sesiapa sahaja yang kita sukai TETAPI mestilah berdasarkan kepada pertimbangan apakah seseorang itu benar benar boleh dikekalkan atau diangkat sebagai pemimpin. Dalam membuat keputusan itu, para perwakilan tidak harus terpengaruh dengan apa apa sentimen apatah lagi melangkah kedewan pengundian dengan emosional. Buatlah pilihan dengan minda yang rasional kerana pemilihan ini amat penting dalam mencari barisan terbaik untuk memperkasakan UMNO. Maka, buatlah keputusan dengan tepat yang TIDAK memungkinkan rakyat menolak UMNO. Ayuh, langkah lah bersama saya, menyumbang jasa dengan ikhlas, bersatu bersetia demi keutuhan UMNO. Selamat memangkah!

Melangkah demi keutuhan UMNO

Saya berfikiran terbuka & berlapang dada menerima rakan2 lain bertanding jawatan. Moga tujuan kita sama, bertanding untuk perkasakan UMNO. Kepada semua yang bertanding, saya menyeru, bertandinglah dengan penuh berhemah melalui kekuatan sendiri bukan dengan menjatuhkan orang lain. Kepada semua Perwakilan, saya mengucapkan Selamat Membuat pilihan!! Salam Perjuangan.

Bangkit dan bersatulah wahai MELAYU !

Mengapa MELAYU sahaja yang kerap disuruh untuk bersatu? Ini kerana bangsa Melayu lah yang paling berpecah belah dan perpecahan ini hanya melemahkan orang melayu sebagai pihak MAJORITI di negara ini. Jika bangsa Cina yang sudah maju masih lagi menganjurkan perpaduan di kalangan mereka terutama soal pendidikan dan kuasa politik, apa pencapaian yang boleh dibanggakan oleh bangsa Melayu untuk terus berpecah? Fikirkan !