QUOTE(sootienann @ Oct 19 2013, 01:06 AM)
the auditor general report is just scratching the surface. for every ringgit misused, i am sure there is 10 or 100 which goes unreported.
and where is the punitive action? year after year reported corruption is ignored by macc or pdrm.
its reported by BN propaganda machine itself . last i heard mass media which is newspapers is controll by BN not PR. no need to deny its all it the newspapers..
does that mean poor ppl cant even afford motorcycles and can only walk?
if that is the case that poor ppl must rise up and overthrow the government which steals the country money.
bcos the monopoly is granted by government regulations. it did not come about because the company is good
example, Tenaga, Telekom, Syabas, Plus.
all these companies are granted monopoly by the gov to make big profits. they are not monopoly because they were competitive.
public transport helps the government to save money from petrol subsidies.
do u like your tax money to be spent on subsidies for petrol ?
middle class are compalining of taxes. they complain that the gov misues the tax money, as alreayd proven in auditor general report.
In other words, you are speculating, as usual.
Why don't you read the newspapers and see how many people have been punished for corruption. Better yet, watch TV3.
I don't see anything wrong with that. The last thing we need is mass media to start behaving like online media, to spread lies.
You want anything in life, you must work for it. They can always get a bicycle.
That's seditious mate and defaming the government.
I disagree, like any other capitalist society, a monopoly happens simply because, the company is good and is providing customers with what they need. When the company loses its touch, it spirals downwards. Nokia used to be a powerful force in the mobile phone industry. What is it now? Nobody is even bothered to pay any attention to them.
TNB is because, its a national interest. By right, the government should let private companies control the energy industry. Telekom is a monopoly? How about Maxis? Syabas? There are also other water asset concessionaires in Selangor. Go Google it up. Plus? You also have SAGA, KESAS, Metramac and a few others.
It doesn't. By spending on public transport, you just reallocating money from subsidies for petrol to subsidizing for public transport. They are both same in nature.
Middle class are the same bunch of people, who will take a credit card, spend like there's no tomorrow buying luxurious goods, failing to pay back their credit cards on time, and then later fall for opposition propaganda to blame the government for their own stupidity.
QUOTE(HiroBoroi @ Oct 19 2013, 01:38 AM)
The government is big. Got minister, civil servants, drivers, clerks, polis, army etc. Not all are bad. Those who songlap are guys on top (at least for quantities that matter). The politicians. Even then, not all politician songlap.
Out of all this, we get the auditor general's report. I'm sure as all audit reports, it is only a snapshot. There are probably things that were missed or even omitted. So for all items caught, normally there will be a close out of the audit. Procedures tightened, loopholes closed out, money recovered, criminals punished. I don't recall this part.
This is standard procedure for all big multi nationals. It is the system that matters.
Questioning the auditor's credibility as well?
I doubt there's anything wrong. I am very comfortable with this government. I think they have worked very hard to combat corruption.
QUOTE(sootienann @ Oct 19 2013, 02:08 PM)
how to be productive when we spend 3 hours travling to work every day? if gov give us efficient public transport, then we can save traveling time.
then we can spend more time working instead of traveling, thus being more productive at our job.
also we can save money by avoiding driving, thus we wont complain not enough salary, and gov dont need to use so much of our tax money to subsidies petrol.
also, we can attract investment because companies dont need to pay transport allowance to their employees. thus, public transport is a business-enabler.
That's not my or the government's problem. If they don't like traveling, they are always free to work in a company near their houses, or they can easily buy a place near their office, or rent. Efficient public transport can only come from letting the free market controlling public transport.
You can always spend more time working. Stop giving excuses. No one stops you from working longer hours. Then again, working longer hours does not mean that you are being productive as well.
You can also save money avoiding driving by living nearby your office or working near your home. Investments come in only when it is a freer market. When it is socialist market, nobody is going to invest in your country.