tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post116493203981423127..comments2024-03-29T15:10:48.844+08:00Comments on My Singapore News: Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1164958885640711132006-12-01T15:41:00.000+08:002006-12-01T15:41:00.000+08:00don't worry, when we run out of countries to use a...don't worry, when we run out of countries to use as an example, someone will use timbuctoo. examples used for comparison are selected based on their usefulness to the user and not on their appropriateness and relevance.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1164948230247389422006-12-01T12:43:00.000+08:002006-12-01T12:43:00.000+08:00timbuktoo don't charge gst. Everyone lives in tree...timbuktoo don't charge gst. Everyone lives in trees. Food is whatever you can pick up in the vast jungle. To answer the call of nature, just dig a hole in the ground and let 'er rip. It's blasphemous to even think you use such a country as a comparison for our oh-so-first world country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1164941807964883422006-12-01T10:56:00.000+08:002006-12-01T10:56:00.000+08:00cannot pick and choose which country to compare to...cannot pick and choose which country to compare to suit your interpretation lah.<BR/><BR/>must standardise and use timbuctoo as our reference point for all things except salary.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-1164936707850757862006-12-01T09:31:00.000+08:002006-12-01T09:31:00.000+08:00Food is a basic human need. It is immoral to tax s...Food is a basic human need. It is immoral to tax something that is a basic human need. In Australia, basi food items like rice, salt, sugar, flour are all exempt from GST. Water bills also do not attract GST. if they can do it, I don't see why we can't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com