
No excuses, gov't needs to refund all tax arrears now
LETTER | It should just collect the right amount of tax. Collecting any amount above that is extortion.

LETTER | It should just collect the right amount of tax. Collecting any amount above that is extortion.

LETTER | The primary motive, in fact, the only motive, was to just collect, collect and collect and deny refunds as much as possible.

LETTER | Not answering these questions can be construed as an action by a guilty person.

LETTER | He must not let down both Dr M and the government who have stuck their necks out for him.

LETTER | How is it physically possible for one person to contribute meaningfully to so many organisations?

I refer to the amazing but true daylight robbery allegedly committed by two suspects in Sabah.

I had to write and pour cold water onto the pretension that Malaysia suddenly is a just, fair and equal society. Maybe it is a bug brought by the typhoon that hit Hong Kong, maybe it is an illusion that we create so that we can be happy we are doing something to promote a fair society, but at the end of that, who are we kidding?

I have these simple ideas that will free up our limited national revenue so that we can free up more monies for development, education and healthcare.

As I started writing this piece, I had the lyrics of Bonnie Tyler’s song in the back of my mind.

Haven’t we heard this before, “we are taking action, protecting democracy by suspending it”. Every dictator and zealot in waiting gushes out the same mantra.