‘Money will not fall from sky’


(Harakah Daily) – Money will not fall from the sky. This is the reminder from PAS information chief Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man, urging the public to be wary of the government 2012 budget which was focused on spending without income-generating plans.
Tuan Ibrahim (right) repeated the description of the budget tabled by prime minister Najib Razak last Friday as ‘morphine budget’, and said Barisan Nasional was presently concealing any drastic plans to raise revenue until it won the 13th general election.

“What has been given will be taken back immediately after 13th GE if they continue to be in power, because by then, the people will be forced to be under the BN government for another five years,” he said.

He expected BN to table more supplementary budget bills after the general election, saying this was to regenerate income to cover the 2012 budget expenses which was geared towards winning the election.

Besides the goods and services tax (GST), Tuan Ibrahim said there was a high possibility that the six percent tax on prepaid mobile phones recently suspended would be reverted.

Last week, Najib tabled RM238 billion budget, with RM181 billion for expenditure, and an economic projection of between 5 to 6 percent, as well as a shrinking of deficit to 4.2 percent of the GDP (gross domestic product) compared to 5.4 percent in 2011.

“Regardless of its theme, the people are aware of the UNNO-BN’s tricks and must not be fooled by this morphine injection,” added Tuan Ibrahim.



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