Rob Bin Hood
General Elections is coming... so here come a bunch of parasites trying to champion the poor with various political engineering. It was suggested at a political gathering that the “Rich” must pay More, and the “poor” pay Less for petrol. Now the government machineries are looking into ways of making this political scheming realized. The question is, are these politicians seriously and honestly interested to help the poors ?
Malaysia is not a socialist country, neither it is a communist country. We are a democratic country based on free enterprise spirit. Naturally, when you work harder, willing to take risks, and creative in getting things done, you will make more money if you made it. But because you worked hard and made more money, the politicians seemed to think it is okay to do some price discrimination on you. What if you failed in your business ventures ? Is it then acceptable to force Mercedez, BMW, and Volvo vehicle owners to pay higher petrol price compared to Proton car owners ? Is it okay to allow the “Mat Rempits” to enjoy cheaper petrol and encourage more hell ridings on the streets ? Or perhaps, maybe by extending the social contract to imitate the housing prices where non bumiputra pay higher prices for petrol ?
We seemed to think that it is okay to rob the rights of others under the guise of whatever agenda we think it is justifiable to extend our political popularity. It is this kind of entitlement mentality that give rise to indiscriminate breeding of rent seekers. I just sincerely hope that this proposal for price discrimination on petrol will not eventually turned into a racial based pricing policy. We are not a communist country, so let us not be deluded to think that it is okay to discriminate the perceived rich under the pretext of helping the poor. We respect human rights, so let us not be so despicable to think that it is okay to discriminate others based on religion, race, and culture.
The issues the politicians should indulged themselves are to formulate policies and infrastructure to lower the cost of living, lower the cost of doing business, and reduce the bureaucratic procedure to make the economic environment more business friendly. Stones stepping on emotional issues of blaming the rich for the politicians mismanagement of economy is totally unacceptable and despicable. And, I think it is equally immoral and despicable for racial pariahs to perpetually harping on racial and religious issues to perpetuate their stay in power. Please wake up and be accountable for your actions.
Helping the poor ? The question is, who are the poors in Malaysia ? Over the previous 20 years, what had been done to help the poor ? It is sad to note that thousand of legal professionals marched into Palace of Justice to demand Judicial accountability. It is extremely sad to also note that 100,000 Malaysians from all walks of life resorted to go into street in peaceful rally to express their suppressed dissatisfactions and demanded accountabilities from the government on November 10, 2007. Perhaps, the elites and rich politicians has been out of touch with realities and spending too much times hiding in their coconut shelves decadently dividing the racial cakes among themselves. It break my heart to see police firing tear gas and chemically laced water canon into the peaceful rally to disperse the crowd and drown the voices of people. And yet, our pariahs seemed to think that Malaysia now has the moral rights to criticize the tyrannical affairs of Burma and Pakistan.
“Saya pantang dicabar” or in English “It is a taboo to challenge me” ? May I humbly request the politicians not too be so arrogant to challenge the rights of the people, because “Rakyat pantang dicabar” !
Hear, Hear, hear, Daulat Tuanku, Hidup Rakyat Malaysia !!!!
Malaysia is not a socialist country, neither it is a communist country. We are a democratic country based on free enterprise spirit. Naturally, when you work harder, willing to take risks, and creative in getting things done, you will make more money if you made it. But because you worked hard and made more money, the politicians seemed to think it is okay to do some price discrimination on you. What if you failed in your business ventures ? Is it then acceptable to force Mercedez, BMW, and Volvo vehicle owners to pay higher petrol price compared to Proton car owners ? Is it okay to allow the “Mat Rempits” to enjoy cheaper petrol and encourage more hell ridings on the streets ? Or perhaps, maybe by extending the social contract to imitate the housing prices where non bumiputra pay higher prices for petrol ?
We seemed to think that it is okay to rob the rights of others under the guise of whatever agenda we think it is justifiable to extend our political popularity. It is this kind of entitlement mentality that give rise to indiscriminate breeding of rent seekers. I just sincerely hope that this proposal for price discrimination on petrol will not eventually turned into a racial based pricing policy. We are not a communist country, so let us not be deluded to think that it is okay to discriminate the perceived rich under the pretext of helping the poor. We respect human rights, so let us not be so despicable to think that it is okay to discriminate others based on religion, race, and culture.
The issues the politicians should indulged themselves are to formulate policies and infrastructure to lower the cost of living, lower the cost of doing business, and reduce the bureaucratic procedure to make the economic environment more business friendly. Stones stepping on emotional issues of blaming the rich for the politicians mismanagement of economy is totally unacceptable and despicable. And, I think it is equally immoral and despicable for racial pariahs to perpetually harping on racial and religious issues to perpetuate their stay in power. Please wake up and be accountable for your actions.
Helping the poor ? The question is, who are the poors in Malaysia ? Over the previous 20 years, what had been done to help the poor ? It is sad to note that thousand of legal professionals marched into Palace of Justice to demand Judicial accountability. It is extremely sad to also note that 100,000 Malaysians from all walks of life resorted to go into street in peaceful rally to express their suppressed dissatisfactions and demanded accountabilities from the government on November 10, 2007. Perhaps, the elites and rich politicians has been out of touch with realities and spending too much times hiding in their coconut shelves decadently dividing the racial cakes among themselves. It break my heart to see police firing tear gas and chemically laced water canon into the peaceful rally to disperse the crowd and drown the voices of people. And yet, our pariahs seemed to think that Malaysia now has the moral rights to criticize the tyrannical affairs of Burma and Pakistan.
“Saya pantang dicabar” or in English “It is a taboo to challenge me” ? May I humbly request the politicians not too be so arrogant to challenge the rights of the people, because “Rakyat pantang dicabar” !
Hear, Hear, hear, Daulat Tuanku, Hidup Rakyat Malaysia !!!!
