"Government Going Bonkers"

Is our Government going bonkers?

Last night the tv news were announcing how to get your rebate through the post office. If I do not hear wrong this was mentioned, " a person can claim up to five cars under the same name". What the heck, if you can afford five cars, even though they are proton, do you still need the rebate?

Now lets work out together and see whether the Government is really going bonkers.

Is this rebate really helps the poor and needy? Yes said the Government, but how does it helps, it does not give details. By just giving out the rebate of RM625 to every car owners of less than 2000cc is helping the poor and needy.

Many expensive cars affordable only by the rich are 2000cc and below. How much does it cost to buy a 2000cc Toyota or Honda? Can you or I who earn an average 3k a month afford to buy this kind of car?

Just take a walk around the exclusive rich areas and explore the rich guys being given the rebate. Count how many cars does one bungalow have as you walk pass. Most will surely have a mercedes, bmw or even a ferrari but parking beside it you can see at least two or three foreign make cars like toyota, honda which are between 1600cc to 2000cc. So these cars are eligible for the rebates, does it looks right?

The Government is really going bonkers for implementing this rebate method of looking after the poor and needy. They have their reasons and I am sure one of the reason is that many of their own kind are using expensive 2000cc vehicles.

The Government took only four hours to decide the fuel price increase without further studying the implication and damages it will cause us the rakyat. I do not know how long they take to decide on this rebate and how really it will help the poor and needy.

What I think should be done will be more helpful and guarantee that the poor and needy really gets the cash subsidy.

Start the population census, go house to house and access each household occupants and earnings. Set a guideline and limit who are eligible for cash rebate and on the spot issue them coupons that they can cash at any bank.

With these census data, it can be used as a guide for future cash subsidy should the fuel price increase further or the food situation worsen.

The present situation that the Government has created are without proper planning and study, they are all just after thoughts.