Harga Minyak Memang Patut Naik..
Malaysians are stupid lots. Some are stupid for voting the BN, some are stupid for voting so called Pakatan Rakyat. Neither is able to offer anything good. BN goons are busy thinking how to enrich themselves and their families and maintain status quo. In fact today, they are doing brainstorming on how to remain rich and famous. The opposition are useless as well. They are thinking about demonstrating…Again ?? I mean after winning five states, this should not be the mentality. I expect them to think more intelligently now. What can you achieve by demonstrating ?? Beaten up, or just water spray if you are lucky..Then you can upload those photos into your website.to make yourself famous…and then join UMNO for 2 millions..??
The real issue here is not about changing Government..you think if Anwar ever become the PM, he will reduce petrol prices ?? Maybe a cent or two from RM2.70, so you cannot accuse him of lying to you.. In fact come to think of it, Pak Lah has done the future PM, be it Najib or Anwar or God forbid Karpal Singh, a big favour. He has made himself a punching bag, so when the future PM come, he does not need to increase the petrol prices. Maybe Anwar or Najib has told Dollah to do this as part of a greater scheme. I mean a new PM must start on a right footing, so he can start by reducing petrol, and in the same time reward Pak Lah with a new mansion in Australia for helping him in not so distant future to get his hand on the more than 18 billions saved from the subsidy..
Yes, petrol price shall go up because oil prices has gone up through the roof from $60/barrel last year to $120/bbl today. In term of $ per litres, it’s $0.38/litres then and $0.76/litres now, work out to Rm1.25/litres then and RM2.50 now ( 1 bbl = 159 litres and 1 USD = RM3.3). But if gasoline prices is more expensive than oil, it is around US135/bbl, which is about RM2.80/litre. If you add up the transportation and commission, it is about RM3.00.
Malaysian should realize that no subsidy can sustain economic growth. Subsidy is a fake. We are bluffing ourselves by paying peanuts for something we know shall be paid more, the law of supply and demand will prevail eventually. Subsidy shall only for the needy people, not someone who has decent job and drive good car like you and me. The onus is on you, Malaysian to be more demanding and choosy. If your boss don’t raise your pay by another 40%, by all mean look for other job, or migrate. It shall not be a problem, most of us can speak English quite well and easily can get a decent job in Singapore, Middle East, Australia etc. I mean, if jobs available in Malaysia are only in factories which are only hiring foreigners (who are the main culprit why local Malaysian pay are so low), what choice do we have ?? If the Government is not able to provide for a decent life, then too bad we are in the same league with Indonesian and Filipino, who has to work overseas..That’s why the economic fundamental must be changed, no longer shall it be based on cheap labour but rather on brain or intelligence.
The interesting question is, where will all these money going to ?? Food subsidy ?? Maybe a few billions, but majority of it, we will never know. Lats time around, they told us it will be used to improve public transport, but hey where is the LRT?? Knowing Pak Lah mentality, he will maybe give another hefty increase for civil servant to appease them. Then it will create another round of inflation and private citizen will be the hardest hit. Subsidy saving gone,no development, no project, no investment, Malaysian getting poorer, while Dollah tersengih anak bini dan menantu getting richer.
Poor Malaysian…My sympathy goes to all of you..but please bear in mind, it’s not the price increase that you shall be angry at, it ‘s the management of the new economy from this increase that shall be looked at..but having Dollah as the PM...what hope do we have..??
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anis,
as you have suggested, i have read your posting.
you see...i am not opposing price increase in oil per se. i am opposing the rate of increase. it is far too high.
and yes, i do agree with you...it is about the mismanagment, poor management, bad management, what have you of our country and what have you.
so you see, if we had good management, the govt would not have found an easy way out by pushing up the petrol price so high.
i am sure the country, with its reserve can absorb the rising price of oil.
besides, i hear that the skyrocketing price of oil is really artificial, caused by speculators. if that is true and the govt acknowledges that, then I dont think that raising the petrol price that is burdensome to the rakyat is the way to react.
you are right. whatever happened to the promise to improve our public transportation?
have you seen the hundreds of RapidKL buses lying unused in area somewhere in KL?
you see....i think the govt has failed to be transparent when it comes to the nation's earnings and spending.
thank you.
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* kerajaan kita tak berhati perut!
* tak boleh buat beransur-ansur kah?
* saya pakai kereta Perodua Kancil. Kenaikkan ini menjejaskan hidup saya
* kalau macam ni, macam mana nak pergi cuti dan jalan-jalan cari makan
* What! They think we are millionaires ah!
* I regret voting the Barisan Nasional and put them back into power
* Is this how they return our faith and trust?
* BN menang pilihanraya, rakyat menderita
* Memang betullah orang kata BN tu maknya Barang Naik!
* Kalau ya pun nak naikkan harga, takkan tak boleh buat berperingkat
* Dahlah naikkan harga minyak, RTM pula cuba nak bagi hati kita sedap tetapi mereka tak ikhlas
* Tak boleh pakailah dia ni!
* Kita kena ajar BN di pemilihan akan datang
* Menteri memang mudah cakap, tetapi kita rakyat biasa yang bisa
* Dengan cara macam ni BN harap nak kembali berkuasa di Pulau Pinang, Kedah, Perak dan Selangor? Pergi jalan dah!
* Kerajaan dah bayangkan nak naik harga, tetapi tak sangka sampai begini!
* Apa dah jadi?
Replying the comment by mumsie on my blog posting Oil Hike Reactions.
I fail to see anything positive out of an oil, electricity and basic food hike. Care to tell me?
There is nothing unique about Anis Ahmad Abdul Rahman's view. It is just a pro-free market believer's view.
Free market without intervention will translate to a more efficient distribution of resources, achieve competitiveness, etc. Like any economic conclusion, we should watch out and scrutinise the assumptions made.
People like Anis believe that subsidies, social cost, welfare contributions, and other intervention of the free market mechanism are distortion and waste. Let him find his utopia.
As a former professional in the freeist of all market, that line of thought is hogwash. I've lived in the world's most "free market" economy and sitting neck to neck with prosperity are street dwellers. This is the world according to Milton Friedman and many of the Reagonomics supply sider proponent and they can all kiss my ass.
Nevertheless, in any discussion of economics, there is no right and wrong answer. It depends on what one's objective and what is the nearest that can fulfill.
My priority is to see an independent, and thriving Malaysia with narrowing disparity among Malaysians, be it according to race or state or social class or whatever.
I want to live in nation inhabited by humans and not human resources. I want to live on earth with the beauty of its human imperfection and inefficiency, but it has a heart beating.
Shouldn't I be considered a postive thinker?
Thanks Kak Aina for your view.
Yes, nobody like price increase as it will make us poorer. Inflation is never a good thing, but let's think it this way. The most affected group of people are the middle class worker, the rich won't be bothered by another RM500 increase as they may stand to make millions. The poor are well taken care of in Malaysia, especialy the Malay. leaving poor souls like us to slog it out to make end meets and save some money for our older days. In the first place we should never have depended our life so much on that four wheeled donkey to take us around. You see, demand for petrol is inelastic, meaning that no matter how much it increases, the number of people driving keep going up. Imagine if Chinese produces another half billion middle class, there will nt be enough oil for everyone and conflict is bound to happen, so it's important to position ourselves for that eventuality.Being self sufficient in food and energy is paramount to nation survival, and for those who do not have that capacity, the easiest way out is to ally with superpower e.g Singapore, Japan and Israel.
Oil trading is being heavily speculated, just like asian currencies back in 1998. It will eventually come down again, only that we have to swallow this bitter pill a little while and everytihing will be OK in few weeks, Malaysian only make noise for few days, then everything will be quite and mamak stall and shopping complex will be full again. The important is how you manouevre your way through this new economic environment and came out top with good lie package. In any changing economic environment, someone will get richer and someone will be poorer, so be smart and always look for the best deal for yourself.
"that’s why the economic fundamental must be changed, no longer shall it be based on cheap labour but rather on BRAIN or INTELLIGENCE"
huh..ur absolutely right..!!
try hard to improve my family life.. including me =)
eventually for our malay community
cheers...
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