While Rakyat continue to suffer, UMNOputras continue to spend and waste our tax money lavishly. Do you think the BN/UMNO government cares about your plight? The country's economy is at stake in the hands of a stupid PM cum finance minister that failed maths in high school.

Change lifestyle by living in jungle or change government, you decide come GE13!!

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what about us? below 2k monthly..nak balik kampung pun kena kira bajet dgn calculator..miss u mum n dad..rindu nak balik kampung..tapi kerajaan tak bagi..
thanks PAK LAH melayu SIAL!

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You decide... change your lifestyle or Change Govt?
*RPK ceramah mentioned that, Italy govt change very frequent , Aust also changed govt, recently Taiwan also changed govt but do you see these country fall and economy bad? Those country like Filipine,Indo, Myanmar never change govt more than 30 years and u see what been happen?

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Do you know salary of RM3,000 per month, how much take home pay?
RM3,000- EPF RM330-Income Tax RM65-Socso RM50= RM2,555-PTPTN RM150=RM2405 net income only!! food car petrol shutter utilities almost 90% or 100% gone!! No more $$ for saving, no emergency fund, no extra $ for investment!! Poor Malaysian because of the brilliant govt!!

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Look around you, look at the car beside you.....you see it everywhere.

UMNOputras who do nothing all day, just laze around, get contracts and jobs as handout, drive posh cars, have big houses, dine in expensive restaurants while we, the hardworking public, without the connections - we are made to suffer!

END THE BN RULE! Away with those scumbags!

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Inflation 8%
BLR 10%?

This will push the inflation up and up..
The worker will demand more.. and company has to pay more..

Time to look into your Home Loan, time to switch to BLR Free loan lah...

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Looks like Mahsuri's curse has come early for Malaysians....or is it belated.....but with a diffrence.....

The curse is not Mahsuri's .....it is Altantunya's... for blowing her up to bits and that too while she may have been alive........Indiana Jones says the curse can be broken by only one way....by hanging Najib AND Rosmah high........until then God will make certain Malaysians pay....

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Not only insufficient take home pay! What about safety net when you retires? If you don't save for old age you are a living dead with little left from EPF to pull you through for the rest of your retirement.
So guys/gals it's time for proactive actions to rid the useless Barisan before all our national treasures & egg nests are depleted by their slimy hands. Our cry for Anwar to move to the fore......

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Cut down your booze and you all be ok.

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With all the worries abt not making enough, why not search for solutions? It makes more sense to act instead of just gripe/whine abt it.
I'd like to share I read recently from the book entitled: The 5 Lessons A Millionaire Taught Me About Life and Wealth by Richard Paul Evans
Lesson 1: Decide to be wealthy
Lesson 2: Take Responsibility For Your Money
Lesson 3: Keep a portion of everything you earn
Lesson 4: Win in the margins - with extra income & savings
Lesson 5: Give back
For more info: www [dot] thefivelessons [dot] com

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how to survive? DIE-LLAH

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Semut,
Yes, there are infact more people falling under this category and a lot more having less than a thousand income . We have the right to blame the govt. As I said many time,we Malaysian should be drawing a good income and having a much more comfortable life. We are a rich nation with so much resources and having good mother nature. Blame it on the govt who squander everything until all the rakyat are left high and dry. In the meantime, we need to seriously control our budget and save whereever we can. Those who have millions in their bank, they dont know what it is like trying to beat day to day needs. But remember, money is not everything. Health and happiness is more important. Remember too,you are not alone. Compare those behind you and not infront of you. They possibly get much less and suffer more. God bless.

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I bet that many who does not earn much were so afraid of losing the little that they earned that they voted for BN on March 8.

Change of govt may not improve our lot but I will risk it just for the joy or thrill of it.

Dear all, the world is changing fast and things must change in malaysia or we get left behind.

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Stop the whining. Our beloved Pak Lah cut his monthly entertainment allowance by RM1,800.00 from RM18,000.00. Now Jeanne can eat one meal less. Well, she is putting on a little.

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So basically what they want for us Rakyat to do is to just work , work , work, then go home. Full stop. WHY should we cut down on our little perks in life just so that they can steal more from us? While they use our hard earned money to bring their families for free holidays and claim fake entertainment allowance.

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a lot people still get take-home pay of RM700 in KL/PJ

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Salary $3000 of Lawyer, customer service, technician, engineer, salesman & .... not enaf to use? aiya..... u guys should ask/learn fr Polis Raja DiM'sia how they could live a 'comfortable life' with their pay fr $800-$2,800/mon ! ur guess if better then mind

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If u think this is worse, watch out the economists of the world are predicting a worse scenario. However some remark that asia can lead the way for a better economic perspective. My suggestion is simple. If we rakyaat, can save money by:-
1. not going for holidays and travel less to see our relatives etc.....the mp's and the gov servants ought to do the same...
2. by stopping the children's tuition, or scrimping on textbooks etc...the gov should do the same...in fact if the education in school is good we need not send our children for tuition...so improve the school education..enough talk on this matter....
3. by eating less....they should reduce all allowances for the higher salaried civil servants and mp's as well
4. if we have to stop our renovation plans...gov. should do the same unless the rakyaat necessarily need it,
5. if floating the petrol price is necessary...than the gov. should abolish corruption with every which ever method is demanded by the situation, only have mega projects on the same float method lah (open tender lah....not nego)...etc

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Is this Malaysia? A country, so rich in resources and plenty! What happened to this beautiful nation. We don't have natural calamities like earthquake, typhoon, volcanoes and twisters.

The bloody BN goons pilferred the country to the extent that people, the people who pays income tax are suffering. Enough Lah!!! Get rid of these bloody goons. I think we all are really fed up with BN!

ANWAR SAVE US!

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I had no motorbike and no motorcar and the time I went to petrol station is only when hiking some friends bike as passenger. Had 5 kids and my salary as a store keeper in penang is 1k since 4 years ago and increment received only twice since then but still working after moving out from KL. Never ever get a yearly bonus. Had to bear for every price increase of foods which is influenced and related to the increase of petrol prices. I really had no idea how to "Ubah my Gaya Hidup" where else the string at my stomach is been tighten gradually.Start to dream feeling a bit luckier if have at least a motorbike.

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RM3,000 per month salary is nothing much these days! Come to think of it, which idiot came up with the figure that the Malaysian average gross national income is USD15,000?? Probably that "...ehh, ehh, ehh..our fundamentals are still very strong and...ahh, ahh, ahh..inflation is...ehh,ehh,ehh..two percent and..."! Guess who is that "brilliant" person?

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BN economics:
- Minimum wage not OK - have to make it easy for big business to exploit locals and foreigners.
- Bus transport costing 100s of millions not OK; have to encourage cars, tolls, brides, petrol, APs, highways costing 100s of billions.

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When the rakyaat is feeling the pain of making ends meet, Sleeping PM is jet-setting with recycled wife KL-Sydney-KL on private jet using rakyaats' money.

Meanwhile,DPM and Big Fat Mama is holidaying and shopping in London and Europe,also using the Rakyaats'money!!!

"When the going gets tough,the tough goes shopping" So much for their perihatin to the people....

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I had started to eat cheap coarse rice day and night....It seem to me the cakes and some of the bread is beyond my reach.Not to mention fruits.The only fruit I afforded to eat is papaya..Ikan kembung is the daily supplement.Chicken and meat I had started to reduced meat and chicken intake.Infact I never buy them for the last two weeks...I never go to vacation.

So PakLah,what else you asked us to sacrifice so that you and your cronies could get richer day by day.

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Dear Rozlan,
I think the PM would want you to cut off eating rice at night and switch over to being a vegetarian. He will then tell you and me that is "..to lessen the burden of the people.." and something equally idiotic like that.
Haiyah, guess soon there will be no more pigeons in Malaysian cities & towns coz they would look more tempting and cheaper as replacement meat.

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I used to earned RM 3800 back in 2005 and I am already barely make it.

Salary RM 3800
EPF/Tax/Sosco RM 600
Petrol RM 300 (my office is in Shah Alam and I stay in Bandar Utama)
Toll RM 60 (RM 40 for 5 working days, RM 20 to travel out to places)
Parking RM 40
Car Service RM 100
Food RM 500 (working days - 20 days in a month, breakfast 5, lunch 8 and dinner 12)
Food RM 200 (weekends)
Car InstallmentRM 700 (I am driving Proton Wira manual 1.3cc)
Parents RM 200
Sister RM 100
Insurance RM 300 (car and medical insurance)

I only left RM 100 for entertainment or maybe RM 300 if I eat less or cook at home.

I stay with parent because I got no more money for rental.
I cannot even buy a house unless I eat 2 meals a day, no entertainment and drive a motorcycle to work.
I cannot get marry because it will take me 4 years (200 every month) to save enough for an average wedding of RM 10000.

Due to poor transportation in the capital of Malaysia, I need to spend RM 1300 which is 34% of my salary on car. (car loan, insurance, maintainance, petrol, toll and parking). If I don't drive, I cannot go to work.

I stay in Bandar Utama and my office is in Shah Alam Glenmarie. NO DIRECT BUS and if really need to take bus. It will take me 3 hrs to get to work for a distance of 15km.

My company is very generous of giving at least 10% increase every year but when GOVERNMENT increase petrol 40% which will leads to everything else to increase minimum 20%.

They just "kill" an average tax payer like myself.

I earned RM 3800 and I dun have wife or children and I cannot even think of marry or have children back in 2005. I cannot imagine what happen to me now in 2008 and in the coming future.

That is why I decided to leave Malaysia for a better future.

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The inflation is getting out of hand even though the govt is giving us another rosy picture and asking the rakyat to change our life style. What to change when we are trying to make ends meet. The only way out is to have one meal a day and work 3 jobs.

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In last Tuesday Hujah(TV9), the so called Datuk Dr. Prof. strongly argued that due to heavy subsidised in most area of economy, Malaysia is living in illusionary economy. If someone with RM3K salary is still unable to cope with the present illusionary economy what happens in real economy? If that is so, we Malaysians are made to face more hardship due to Bn morons idiotic governing.

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Malaysia is really in a very dangerous position now, if we are not able to create a vibrant economy, which grows "real" income for the rakyat, this is what you get!!
change of lifestyle, no need "great" advice from Govt, you have no choice bcs circumstances force you to.
corruption in malaysia have puncture a big hole in our economy, we did not grow the economy with strong fundamentals.
all the failures of BN for the past 50 years is showing up.
it will takes a giant effort to undo all the wrongs.

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It seems that all BN MPs are overnight millionaires once they are elected even though they have no skill. Just look at Zakaria, Close 1 eye, the MP who pepper spray our old man, teacher turned politician, dentist turned politician, riches unemployed politician and many more. They are not afraid to show off their wealth. It is so clear cut that with their normal MP salary, they can't afford such luxuries. If this is not plain corruption working, I don't know what it is. Do you see them change life style now? No, they travel around in big cars, eat at expensive restaurant and be entertained. Yet the Govt has the cheek to ask the rakyat to do otherwise.

For your info, the starting salary of a graduate in the 80s is around RM1,800 and today the starting salary of a graduate is around RM2,000. So how do we expect all our graduates to survive. Better work overseas as SGD2,000 UK2,000 pounds EUR2,000 or USD2,000 will have a better life style than RM2,000 in Malaysia. We are going to be African state where one loaf of bread will cost us RM10 in a few years time. All of us will be millionaires. BN can claim that they have made the rakyat all millionaires like Indonesia.

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But we can console on that Zeti & Yacob telling us that our "economy fundamentals are strong and our inflationary rate low". How nice and sweet they sound! I really wonder what those two dinosaurs really do?

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survive on rm 3000.00 a month? can ............... who say cannot.

didn't u hear our government tell us to change our lifestyle?

don't buy food, don't buy clothes, don't commute to work n stop sending ur children to school!!! SEE, so easy.

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If a person can't survive on RM3000 in Klang Valley then we are all up shit creek. What about those production workers earning about RM1500 to RM2000 per month and this is including heavy overtime. Imagine these line workers have to literally work 7 days a week to earn the OT to make RM2k per month, What kind of life is that.. Its a daily struggle for them and the BN under Badawi just made it a lot more shitty. Don't even talk about entertainment etc. I know as I used to work in a factory in management and have to force workers to stop doing OT so that they can rest. Situation is kinda like some 19th century sweatshop. Meanwhile we can see Umnoputras driving around in new Merc and Beemeers and oh, I am also seeing more Porsche Cayenne around. The fuel hike is not even going to bother them, just a minor irritation. So what if increase fuel by 40% after all the waste and leakages? Malaysia Boleh dan Gemilang? I don't think so. Time to change. Our conscience and social justice demands it.

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I know that Temores Indonesian construction workers spend less than rm2 per day..but then, their life style is living in squatter/kongsi houses, eating mostly vegetables (bought of pluck from wherever they can find them) and the cheapest fish possible (and only occassionally).
Maybe this is what our PM was refering to when he told us to change our life style!

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Brathar,

Our Tuans from "Ketuanan Melayu" are paid half what you get for their GREAT civil service job that you and I cry discrimination for!!!

We all, including the Tuans have UMNO and *****Kutty to thank that for. Instead of competing with Singapore, Taiwan and Korea in the last 25 years based on meritocracy and hard work - they preached the NEP drug dependency program, Bumiputraism, Ketuananism, White Elephantism, Corruptionism, Cronyism. If we had competed hard we may still be behind all these 3 guys - but not THAT FAR BEHIND!! You would be complaining about your $5K income and out Tuans may be complaining about their $3K per mth private sector income!

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not enough money? go join the Polis Raja Di malaysia as part-timer. You can cari makan as you cari makan.

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once committed, everything is priority! Very difficult to adjust!!!!

Adjustment means=Only way to survive is going back to history for all those projects Bodowi and Tahi Dalam Mahadeal and scale back 30% of the contracts value.
We can all see at least 200 to 300 billions in saving that sum will bring down cost of living in Malaysia.

Second Adjustment means=send all those corrupted leaders to jail.

Third Adjustment means=restore judicial

Fourth Adjustment means= cleanse Enforcement personnel

Fifth Adjustment means a Permanent Adjustment= don't ever vote for race based party and must terminate BN and UMNO at all costs in order to realize the 1st to 4th Adjustments peacefully and effectively and constructively.

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HERE;S A SLOGAN FOR MALAYSIANS !

TIME TO CHANGE ? Pakatan Rakyat, the better choice.
Pakatan Rakyat. simply the better choice.
One simple smart plan. Pakatan Rakyat . Fu-yoh!!!

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RM 3000 is a salary figure given by an IT executive on the media. There is millions out there with salary less then RM1000. What are they going to do ? How are they going to feed their childrens ? Dont the PM open his eyes wide and look at this ? or he simply wishes "its not my problem" and raise the fuel price...

Whatever the BN goverment doing now will hit them back... soon !

Hidup PR !!

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i earn gross rm 3000

1 wife only
4 kids 4 to 11 yrs

wife salary : $0 (not working maaaa... else i "eat" outside laa)
minus EPF -$300
minus home loan $800
minus car RM400 (proton saga 2nd hand only maaa)
oil RM 200 (short distance looo..no travelling laa)
utilities RM300 (astro, streamyx, tm, electric, water)
mother elaun : RM200
3 children school pocket : RM 100
school transport : RM100
insurance: 0 (tak mampu looo)
credit card : RM 400
kitchen spending : RM400
Balance : -RM200 HUtang laaaaaaaa

CAn someone offer me a job that pays me RM6000???!! help meee

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Whoa! This is giving a totally wrong impression about lawyers. At 26, we have two lawyers earning RM3000 - they are probably in the big firms if it is their first year or they probably return from overseas and started earlier. Cutting down on entertainment expenses or going to "posh" restaurant - that's no pain at all. The author should have picked better examples of lawyers struggling with bills, having to support their family etc.

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Haiyaa.. PM doesnt even know many factories only pay increment less than 5% for 10 years..

He thinks only goverment servants paying the tax....


Wake up.. please wake up laahhh..

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Can you believe it teachers from Kelantan have to go to P. Langkawi for kursus and meeting. And you know who are the speakers? From Kelantan too. Why held in Langkawi? The speaker can claim more!!!!!

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Even those earning RM7k a month have a tough time saving up due to the escalating costs. The value of Ringgit is fast shrinking, thanks to Mr Sleepyhead.

So what's next? Either Pakatan Rakyat takes over NOW or we leave Malaysia to work overseas

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Our office despatch clerks earn RM 1000.00 and they work their guts out for the travelling allowances just to make ends meet. Now this pundek govt raises the price of fuel and expect them to change their lifestyle? Podah BN! Our boss knows the hardship they are going through and is now giving them extra allowance to ease their financial burden coz they are good hardworking staff. They are not big spenders but are already constrained by the rising prices all over. Change our lifestyles konon. My-ass lah BN!

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went to watch a movie,RM11 price ticket...car park not per entry over weekend ...paid 8RM....can u imagine?
pirated dvd will be more attractive and rampanf from now on.

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the easiest way! Don't believe or listen to anything that old man is saying! Don't buy Proton cars, don't buy Petronas products, don't buy any local newspapers, don't use local banks, don't use MAS and you want to be crazier, use a generator! Don't use TNB!

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roll the whole UMNO government over with lorry...that's it.

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Ketuanan UMNO right ? Rakyat sengsara, UMNO hidup mewah.

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questions for every forummer in MT how many of you did vote for the DACING in GE12 and now complaining about the inflation suffering????

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This subject was the subject of my blog entry dated 19th April 2008.

www.b.log.my

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i am not really worried about myself regarding this price hike for petrol because i am a bachelor...paling busuk pun aku makan roti la....i am worried about the people who have kids...duit susu macam mana? parents can makan roti...bayi no susu apamacam mau bikin?

and these people have to do 2 jobs?! bullshit! they need to spend more time with their children...children need to have their parents to turn to. the government is hitting the people where it hurts now.

BN, insaf la sikit, the rakyat are people like you and me. Kalau tak makan mati la kita. We're not immortals.

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u earn 3k and u cant survive, what nonsense, take care of the needs not the wants,and why blame the goverment, easiest scapegoat i guess,look at the mirror and change yourself first,goodness 3k tak cukup , apa punya orang ni?

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think BN successfully implemented the old ancient way of ruling
"Keep the peasent busy farming for food, no one will have time to take over us"

well done.

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plz PR do something..URGENT!!

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You younger guys with a 3K salary and you are complaining like babies. What about us older fellas who have worked hard all our life, saving whatever we have then to find out now that what we had saved for the past thirty years henceforth amounts to almost nothing? You guys still have an opportunity to earn more whilst us fellas approaching retirement can't even determine if our savings can cover our funeral costs!!!

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Not enough? Want more .......Join UMNO, MCA or MIC lah.

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Sorry folks....reality check....there is no money in the kitty....and guess what....Malaysia never had a real economy......it was all oil money Malaysians and the BN were living on....to all those Malaysians in the know.....should have kicked out the BN when you had the chance........to the non Malay community , please go find an MCA, MIC, Gerakan politician's house and piss on it.....these were the *******s that sold you and your family out....

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The way I look at it, there is only one way out for now. That is to change the present government. We are already at the lowest point now so how bad can a new government be?

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PM Badawi said, "Change your lifestyle"

As the PM of Malaysia, he should lead by example. He should stop using the private Airbus jet and start travelling on Air Asia. Maybe that will jatuh standard too much, he can then fly MAS.

It is NOT petrol subsidies that bankrupt Malaysia. It is wastage of Petronas funds and corruption that will bankrupt us. It is BN's racist policies of "Ketuanan Melayu" that stifles our competitive edge. Today, our best brains have migrated to overseas; those left behind are still working out their scholarship bonds; probably frustrated and demotivated.

Here in UK, we pay high taxes but we know money has been used to fund a welfare state. Highways are toll-free except for one - Dartford tunnel. Minimum wage is about GBP6.00 per hour and after working for one hour, we can buy 2 fat chicken in TESCO for dinner. Can u do that in Malaysia?

Of course we know where the money goes - it goes into someone's pockets and his wife has been seen shopping in Harrods of London recently.

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Cut down your booze and you all be ok. Republikan Kid
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Hey stupid fella! Go bugger off somewhere. Adults are trying to have intelligent conversations here on MT.

Btw Doraemon is on tv - shooh!

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In my work place there are no increment for the past three years due to the bad economy but oil and other essential have increase 3 to 5 times already. Pak Lah said we must change our lifestyle but I don't know what's that mean. Is he telling us to live like a begger and start harassing tourist for their money as our lives are bad already and deteriorating.

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