Whining New Year...

The following email has been received and must have been forwarded among friends. Questions posed by ordinary citizens at different times, some valid while others are simply whines regardless of the reasons why we need to pay for some services.

You know why your money isn't enough to spend as a Malaysian ?

What do I get for paying toll every day?

Now I have to pay an extra RM50 for each credit card. For what?

Extra GST (goods and services tax). Again, how does that benefit me?

Look at the long list:

I have to pay for security guards because the police are hopeless.
I have to install filters because the water supply is dirty.
I have to watch satellite tv because the government broadcasts crap.

Many kids have to go for tuition or to private schools because the government schools are bad.
We have to pay IPPs (independent power providers) because the government cannot provide consistent electricity.

We have to pay Indah Water to clean up the sewers.
We have to pay tax on foreign cars because Mahathir wants to keep his dying local car industry alive.
Most have to drive because the government cannot provide good public transport.

We have to pay to sustain the government's affirmative action policies.
We have to pay for private health care because the public hospitals are crowded .

All in all, we have to pay a PREMIUM to stay in this country!

1Malaysia Boleh!!!

I am amused by the word 'stay', often used to mean 'live' in Malaysia. Stay is meant to be a short period, like staying in a hotel for example, and in this context I can imagine it would invite some others to retort, 'get out' then if you don't like it here!


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