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Hi soaresb, I dunno if u are planting a decoy idea to derail my proposal. I think we all know very well that it is fool hardy and inefficient to tax capital gains because the vast majority of which cannot be effectively tracked and too many variances exist to formulate a workable tax plan...

Hi bus freaks, So all these low wage citizens in the photo have to suffer higher GST, just so that you can enjoy living off rent from your 2nd property? Normal times will have inheritance tax. Rental property is also a service, so by right u have to pay GST (service tax), also u received...

To promote inclusivity, top tier residential property tax should be up to 28.6% of AV (annual value). Currently, the max residential property tax is only 16% at max tier...

America (USA) is as United as N. Korea (DPRK) is a Democratic Republic. Hard truth: America is not United at all as evidenced by its refusal to update its obsolete electorial college system for Presidential elections because this allows state partisanship and the continued political...

Hi relaxlabrudder, Suggestion already answered I think. So relaxlabrudder, u actually think that the only nice good rich people are all ALREADY in Singapore? So much for navel gazing. Probably there are many who are queueing to contribute revenue/taxes to Singapore...

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Singapore government is indeed deaf to citizens feedback/ views. [Singapore] only two in five expressing confidence that the Government would consider their views seriously. "In a survey conducted as part of the exercise, four in five respondents said they were open to partnering the...

Top tier residential property tax should be at 33.6% of AV (to avoid regressive GST increase) Why 33.6% and other cavetes: Firstly, annual value (AV) is the value of a vacant property without any furnishings. Some of these properties contain many times the value of the property itself of...

I think as global warming happens, this kinda disaster will happen more often. Thee will also be drought and famine besides the immediate aftermath destruction due to sudden torrent/tsunami of flood water. This is because healthy glaciers fill river all year round with water, but unhealthy...

[Glacial Flooding] Most people living in developed countries have blood on their hands. buyBVlwYVdE Cos they caused global warming due to high carbon emissions. This has melted glaciers in mountainous regions and formed glacial lakes. Unfortunately, the glacial lake is stoppered at its mouth...

Instead of increasing GST, Freehold/ expensive residential property owners ought to pay extra property tax or convert their tenure to leasehold 99 years. (Its like flying business / first class when everyone else is economy class or cannot afford plane ticket, so the tax tiers ought to be much...

SIA share price should be $3.03 rather than the $4.11 that it is now. Hi Heartyman, Share price should hover around $3 lah, that is why they priced the SIA rights at $3 and also why the MCB is priced to convert to an SIA share at $2.68 worth of MCB at inception. (ideal scenario for MCB...

Shouldn't gold price increase with decreasing long term US treasury yields, since the lower the interest rate(/yield), the cheaper it is to borrow money to invest in gold? And how do small central bank balance sheets "provides a backstop for the precious metal" in the context of "ballooning...

U mean PRC. Yup, that how PAP designed Parliament to be. But they still say not Marxist/ communist, such a paradox /oxymoron.

Topic: Let's think of practical ways to replace the GRC system! This is correct. Clarification, NMP system is the one for arts, professionals etc to be represented, but ends up mostly just wayang show. NCMP is PAP unwilling concession for opposition to be represented but against their hope...

Where does the truth lie? Hi Good Durian, Many thanks for acknowledging my contribution to your restful nights sleep, a feat not many activities can lay claim. Thanks for bring up the Temasek usd$2.75B bonds...

USD500M of SIA 3.0% bonds. I want to enquire if the acclaimed US$2.85B demand is just fake news, since dunno if have a minimum bid for the bonds (e.g. what if most of the bids were too ridiculously/ meaninglessly low, like 10-20¢ only?). Obviously SIA overestimated the demand for its bonds...

Sounds like a lousy/ deceptive communist / authoritarian promise, something that the promisor is unable to achieve. Where will the money come from, already central banks are printing a lot of fiat $$$, your proposal will require them to print even more. U need to think over the proposal and...

INFLATION is actually a tool utilised by the rich and powerful to enslave poor / ignorant people and to keep them enslaved ('employed') and busy producing the goods and services that rich people want. Agree? I.e...

Singapore ambassador to USA Mirpuri alludes that Singapore is so overcrowded, that opportunities for civil protest are fast running out (as implied). Anyway, I don't quite buy his claims that 1000s can congregate at speakers corner (at least the toilets there cannot handle so many people and...