Re: 7% GST helping the poor?

On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 14:10:54 +0800, AleXX <nodeal@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 05:49:22 GMT, "Zai Zai" <ZaiZai@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Uncle AleXX, you should put it like this, "The poor will fork out $7 for
every $100 they spend, but the rich will - technically - be contributing
more as their disposable income is greater.....say $500 = $35." By the way,
the rich do not necessarily dispose of their income in Singapore, therefore
say $500 = $0 GST.



The 'rich' will still need to buy groceries, food, petrol etc, so
the $500 was just a figure of what the "normal rich" would most
likely spend in a week in Spore, agreed to them the 2% hike makes
no difference.......but those who make weekly trips to JB are the
culprits who spend millions propping up the M'sian retail
trades.....so the rest of us - rich & poor - who don't go there
so often, kena pay......:=)



I goto JB, you goto HK where goosemeat got not GST and China City oso
come cheap without GST; oso 1000 yr old eggs!!
.

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