Friday, September 11, 2009
Is GST Evil ?
Really, is GST Evil ?
The main purpose of taxation is to accumulate funds from citizens for the functioning of the government machinery. Taxes are levied against citizens directly and indirectly, through various ways. Taxes are made on personal income, on income from wealth, on facilities, on expenditure, on enjoyment, on legacy and on living like the GST, when the government finds itself short of funds or under dire circumstances.
1. Personal income – citizens gladly pay this, the more they pay for the more they earn.
2. Wealth – there is not much to pay if there is not much to own, companies or spaces horizontally or vertically.
3. Facilities – only those who use these pay, in advantage over others.
4. Expenditure – certain types of lifestyle may not make society healthy or harmonious; it is a kind of disincentive.
5. Enjoyment – if citizens do not contribute here how do they get the setup to enjoy the fun.
6. Legacy – this cannot be taken on departure, so leave some to others.
7. GST – there are reasons for this, but are these holistically administered ?
Taxes are levied on earnings and possessions; from what citizens have citizens contribute accordingly. Citizens who are against this must first search themselves on what circumstances were they able to be in that situation, to earn and to possess. Citizens support the government and the government administer to the people, a holistic or total system.
The issue arises when citizens do not earn nor possess. Is it sanity or clear thinking to want these people to pay GST ? GST is the goods and services tax, a system that taxes comprehensively everyone from before birth to after death, for everything we eat and shit, excepting those who eat air and shit gas. There may be those who are not able to see that there are such over-burdened people, for the simple reason that those who dwell in the sky cannot see what lies on the ground.
Besides non working people and people on the dole, or people dependent on others or on charity, there are people who survive from hand to mouth and yet have to support their families and dependants. Is not GST an inappropriate burden to be placed upon them ?
There are senior citizens who have shouldered their responsibilities and are now living on their savings, wait for death so to say; would removing the yoke from their shoulders cripple the government’s finances. Does a citizen have to carry this responsibility to the crematorium ?
There are also people who are chronically sick, people on perpetual medication, people in palliative care and people in intensive care units. Taxing those who are capable is fine, but taxing those who find life difficult and are unable to uphold their dignity is beyond sanity. The coffin, ah, do people buy and store their own coffins anymore ?
Ronald
The main purpose of taxation is to accumulate funds from citizens for the functioning of the government machinery. Taxes are levied against citizens directly and indirectly, through various ways. Taxes are made on personal income, on income from wealth, on facilities, on expenditure, on enjoyment, on legacy and on living like the GST, when the government finds itself short of funds or under dire circumstances.
1. Personal income – citizens gladly pay this, the more they pay for the more they earn.
2. Wealth – there is not much to pay if there is not much to own, companies or spaces horizontally or vertically.
3. Facilities – only those who use these pay, in advantage over others.
4. Expenditure – certain types of lifestyle may not make society healthy or harmonious; it is a kind of disincentive.
5. Enjoyment – if citizens do not contribute here how do they get the setup to enjoy the fun.
6. Legacy – this cannot be taken on departure, so leave some to others.
7. GST – there are reasons for this, but are these holistically administered ?
Taxes are levied on earnings and possessions; from what citizens have citizens contribute accordingly. Citizens who are against this must first search themselves on what circumstances were they able to be in that situation, to earn and to possess. Citizens support the government and the government administer to the people, a holistic or total system.
The issue arises when citizens do not earn nor possess. Is it sanity or clear thinking to want these people to pay GST ? GST is the goods and services tax, a system that taxes comprehensively everyone from before birth to after death, for everything we eat and shit, excepting those who eat air and shit gas. There may be those who are not able to see that there are such over-burdened people, for the simple reason that those who dwell in the sky cannot see what lies on the ground.
Besides non working people and people on the dole, or people dependent on others or on charity, there are people who survive from hand to mouth and yet have to support their families and dependants. Is not GST an inappropriate burden to be placed upon them ?
There are senior citizens who have shouldered their responsibilities and are now living on their savings, wait for death so to say; would removing the yoke from their shoulders cripple the government’s finances. Does a citizen have to carry this responsibility to the crematorium ?
There are also people who are chronically sick, people on perpetual medication, people in palliative care and people in intensive care units. Taxing those who are capable is fine, but taxing those who find life difficult and are unable to uphold their dignity is beyond sanity. The coffin, ah, do people buy and store their own coffins anymore ?
Ronald
# posted by chunmu @ 7:10 PM 
