Of Subsidies, Inflation & War on Opium
In Mandarin, there are two popular terms used in the political world: the politician and the political bastard. And sadly to say in Malaysia, the ruling coalition (the notorious Barisan Nasional, especially the UMNO) is made up of a bunch of political bastards.
The two-faced Najib was telling the people that we should not rely on subsidies. He said that subsidies were opium and that we should learn to live without it. So in his version of opium war, the government has cut certain subsidies, and increased the sugar price, electricity tariff, fuel price etc. In the recent electricity tariff hike, the minister tried to defend the move, saying that 70% of the household would not be affected.
And this morning when I was talking to the lady at the petrol kiosk, I was told that the price of bread has increased: Gardenia wholemeal bread has increased 6.67% from MYR 3 to MYR 3.20, and a small miserable bun has increased 16.67% from MYR 0.60 to MYR 0.70. And walking past a bakery, a notice at the entrance apologized that the bakery has to increase the price of the patries due to recent inflation.
Is this what Najib and his half-past-six government meant by 70% of household would not be affected? What I saw today was just tip of the iceberg!
The war on the so-called opium should start with the government itself.
Stop wasting and abusing public funds. Cleanse yourself from corruption. Stop that stupid bailing-out of your cronies and UMNOputras; stop feeding them with opium first.
Stop the building of mega white-elephant projects including the mega tower (the tombstone for Barisan Nasional's demise). Stop the nonsensical 1Malaysia email account. Stop sending people to space which is a clear waste of money. Stop engaging blacklisted construction company to build the palace.
Stop paying APCO to white-wash your deteriorating reputation. Reveal what is going on with Scorpene, PKFZ and many more scandals. Stop the vote-buying and the gutter politics.
Mr. Najib, there is much more you can do than to watch football matches. Stop fooling around, and start doing something constructive.
You want to defend Putrajaya at all cost? You don't own Putrajaya, neither your father nor UMNO; it was built using our hard-earned money, not yours. We the people will see that Putrajaya is cleansed of political bastards like you!
This is my promise and the promise of many Malaysians out there in the imminent General Election.
The two-faced Najib was telling the people that we should not rely on subsidies. He said that subsidies were opium and that we should learn to live without it. So in his version of opium war, the government has cut certain subsidies, and increased the sugar price, electricity tariff, fuel price etc. In the recent electricity tariff hike, the minister tried to defend the move, saying that 70% of the household would not be affected.
And this morning when I was talking to the lady at the petrol kiosk, I was told that the price of bread has increased: Gardenia wholemeal bread has increased 6.67% from MYR 3 to MYR 3.20, and a small miserable bun has increased 16.67% from MYR 0.60 to MYR 0.70. And walking past a bakery, a notice at the entrance apologized that the bakery has to increase the price of the patries due to recent inflation.
Is this what Najib and his half-past-six government meant by 70% of household would not be affected? What I saw today was just tip of the iceberg!
The war on the so-called opium should start with the government itself.
Stop wasting and abusing public funds. Cleanse yourself from corruption. Stop that stupid bailing-out of your cronies and UMNOputras; stop feeding them with opium first.
Stop the building of mega white-elephant projects including the mega tower (the tombstone for Barisan Nasional's demise). Stop the nonsensical 1Malaysia email account. Stop sending people to space which is a clear waste of money. Stop engaging blacklisted construction company to build the palace.
Stop paying APCO to white-wash your deteriorating reputation. Reveal what is going on with Scorpene, PKFZ and many more scandals. Stop the vote-buying and the gutter politics.
Mr. Najib, there is much more you can do than to watch football matches. Stop fooling around, and start doing something constructive.
You want to defend Putrajaya at all cost? You don't own Putrajaya, neither your father nor UMNO; it was built using our hard-earned money, not yours. We the people will see that Putrajaya is cleansed of political bastards like you!
This is my promise and the promise of many Malaysians out there in the imminent General Election.
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