Misplaced focus in critiquing Budget 2013 subsidies
COMMENT In their joint statement released on Sept 28, the Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Ideas) and not-for-profit research institute Research for Social Advancement (Refsa) drew attention to the “shocking federal government subsidy bill for 2012”.
According to them, this is now expected to hit RM42 billion, a massive RM9 billion or 27 percent above the RM33 billion originally forecast for the year.
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