tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post411439377571000339..comments2024-03-27T18:15:59.096+08:00Comments on Economics Malaysia: Budget 2015–No Live Blogginghishamhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06265308095732759923noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-70984414844471196282014-10-16T01:19:34.607+08:002014-10-16T01:19:34.607+08:00just my simple and humble views here. 3 criticisms...just my simple and humble views here. 3 criticisms of BR1M:<br />a. Cash handouts and a cut in subsidy is a double-edged sword. A recipie for both demand pull and cost-push inflation<br /><br />b. Distortion to how the economy should work. Basically a person shouldn't get 'paid' without working for it<br /><br />c. Economic growth data for next year may be distorted by such handouts. Lawrence Lowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09863709057825133354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-49234662925319965402014-10-14T13:19:48.247+08:002014-10-14T13:19:48.247+08:00has anyone thought of retirees without any family ...has anyone thought of retirees without any family to support them? i was a professional working at an executive level in a national shipping company. i had retired since the last 10 years without any pension plan..nor a family to support. after retirement i had opened up a cafe using one third of my epf savings but it was a disastrous failure . this resulted in me having to dispose off my house Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6297413898275266606.post-55366515704942984512014-10-12T17:23:57.767+08:002014-10-12T17:23:57.767+08:00It looks like the PM was afraid to emulate Maggie ...It looks like the PM was afraid to emulate Maggie Thatcher's "Big Bang"!<br /><br />Witness his timid efforts to cut personal and corporate tax rates and his expansionary regime of cash handouts.<br /><br />Why bring in the GST when the revenues derived therefrom will be disbursed willy nilly in the form of cash handouts?<br /><br />And why is the PM apparently unwilling to grasp bee farseernoreply@blogger.com