[LIVE 5:30PM 🕠] 'Not true that GST hike hurts poor': Lawrence Wong in Budget round-up speech

[HYHY123]

He is not rich for sure. Father was a salesman and mother a school teacher at Haig Boys. Went to TK tech then VJ I think. About as working class sinkie as it gets.

Teacher considered above average Liao for that gen. Many others in that gen can’t write anything other than their name

 

[steven jialat]

PAP talk jiaowei really is next level

 

[lala24]

GjW
Chirp chirp chirrppp

 

[Balian]

GST helps the poor
should raise to 20%

 

[lalalalalala]

they are not "affected" in the initial handful of years when there r subsidy

then raise again and give subsidy again, but the subsidy always same amount

 

[freshvibes]

 

[ChiongAh]

Really sibei tok kok. Study so much but don't even know GST is a regressional tax. Really lah, all the education subsidy for them really wasted liao.

We should be filled with Uptron graduates instead, including Singapore parliament. Xiasuay.

 

[smellyfish]

Teacher considered above average Liao for that gen. Many others in that gen can’t write anything other than their name

He is not tan see Leng or Chan Chun seng level of poor for sure.

 

[tokiya]

Yes GST Hike saves the poor

 

[starmerck]

Why not introduce wealth tax? Surely that will never hurt the poor.

 

[zyklon86]

This is exactly at same level as speech of Ukraine is a country. Russia is a country.

 

[bigrooster]

How does he know for sure GST does not hurt the poor? Isn't he a millionaire?

 

[ryanlion]

I dont see any way how he can argue how a value added tax can help poor.

 

[wickedpuppy]

His parents are pioneer generation and his mother pioneer generation ex-civil servant. They will get the most benefit.

Like his parents... teachers , salesmen etc... not his parents.

 

[blurwulf]

GST hike doesn't just hurt the poor, it hurts everyone.

 

[desmond_yee1]

Leong Mun Wai asks who will be paying for the supposed GST revenue if the Govt claims that the middle income and low income will be covered by handouts.

LW did not answer his question.

 

[boh_liao]

ask him to draw $2500/mth for the rest of this career lo.

 

[Stealth_PL]

Can’t really blame him for treating citizen as kumgong when 61% of the voters voted for them..

 

[Atrina_Boy]

He is not rich for sure. Father was a salesman and mother a school teacher at Haig Boys. Went to TK tech then VJ I think. About as working class sinkie as it gets.

he is not poor either right
so how know GST not hurting the poor

 

[Prime 13]

Hold on a sec.
From the graf in the 4th pager, https://www.singstat.gov.sg/-/media/files/publications/households/pp-s27.pdf

It show bottom 30% hab some of the highest decline in household income over the past year tio boh?
And over the past 5 year the increase of household income in bottom 30% ish the slowest tio boh?
Except for the highest of the high income group.

Sho even when the bottom 30% effectively didn't pay any increase in gst, when considering the increase in income of the upper income groups ish sho much more, it ish still machiam regressive still tio boh? If notch nao, then in future if the current income trends continue, tio boh?

Sumbuddy prease sexplain to me?