tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014075006969917149.post8088833647076063237..comments2024-03-17T05:58:44.116+08:00Comments on Economic Policy: When Both Promise the SameUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014075006969917149.post-48795292183510280002013-04-13T01:14:59.723+08:002013-04-13T01:14:59.723+08:00No?
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http:...No?<br /><br />http://is.gd/h8NcnA<br />http://is.gd/CspK1N<br />http://is.gd/ONSVy3<br />http://is.gd/aOKxHk<br />http://is.gd/jUxbbowallahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17580252352785040456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014075006969917149.post-30966165123576108462013-04-13T01:10:09.032+08:002013-04-13T01:10:09.032+08:00So what style will prevail after the election resu...So what style will prevail after the election results are out, it is read asked.<br /><br />If the incumbent is returned, it will do so no better than the last time, perhaps with only a razor-thin margin. That implies the present caretaker PM will be booted out by the racialists in his midst which will therefore end any remnant semblance of a progressive future that he has only ambivalently been projecting. <br /><br />In a nutshell, at most lip service and denialism will continue, the resource curse will magnify and the drug of deficit spending will be indoctrinated as standard fare leading to the final wake-up call when the economy folds on itself despite the surrounding splendor of insipid and empty buildings all over the place.<br /><br />If the incumbent is sent packing, openings will sprout for the young to play real roles to transform this nation from one with too many charades and too much form to one with integrity and substance. In which case those presently in the incumbent can switch camp and lend their knowhow, making the transition smoother, even for a three-mandate coalition. <br /><br />Then... any promise becomes doubly achievable.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />wallahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17580252352785040456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014075006969917149.post-73690815567800444402013-04-13T00:58:11.030+08:002013-04-13T00:58:11.030+08:00Unless the people of this country are shaken out o...Unless the people of this country are shaken out of their mental and other stupor, this country will never ever realize or achieve its highest and fullest potential. <br /><br />When one stands still in a tide of forward changes by others, any theory of relativity will suggest one is actually falling backwards, won't it?<br /><br />Our youths have been torn asunder by some of the stupidest and most backward approaches in national administration which to add double damage, still have the gall to make them think they are actually making progress. <br /><br />Yet those who really do make progress are invariably those who swim against the tide, growing stronger by their own strength and sacrifice, standing up despite their misery when some government help could have saved many more deserving in all aspects.<br /><br />This tragedy could have been avoided. It was deliberately neglected.<br />wallahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17580252352785040456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014075006969917149.post-1205863718337178722013-04-13T00:50:48.481+08:002013-04-13T00:50:48.481+08:00Against all that as background, we can reflect now...Against all that as background, we can reflect now the situation of the young. <br /><br />The productivity of their employing organizations is very low. This means they are underutilized. Which implies they have not been adequately trained to world standards. Which denotes a lack of real quality management. Which suggests hindrances, hurdles and hype are occupying places when they should have none.<br /><br />And that is all because of resistance to make real changes. <br /><br />If a government is truly progressive, it will seal its lips and start cracking on real issues. <br /><br />Governance and competitiveness are real issues. From these duo dangers, everything else emanates and devolves. <br /><br />Including the couldn't care less attitude coupled to smug self-denial add on a sheer lack of both mental and physical discipline bordering on escapism but for vacuousness.<br /><br />wallahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17580252352785040456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014075006969917149.post-22943934034847887242013-04-13T00:41:47.344+08:002013-04-13T00:41:47.344+08:00It remains to make a small remark regarding the pa...It remains to make a small remark regarding the pantheon of pro-incumbent remarks from bank analysts and certain academia. Perhaps it is because one is holding too many shares whose prices have fallen and the other is trying to gain limelight with view to promotions to get out their middle income traps.<br /><br />Since they are in different vocations, the only common explanation is a certain tardiness with principles. Try and spell out the real measure of economic performance after removing the subsidies while keeping the corruption. Will the situation still look rosy? <br /><br />wallahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17580252352785040456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014075006969917149.post-16691285453048216842013-04-13T00:36:20.867+08:002013-04-13T00:36:20.867+08:00No government which punishes its own citizens who ...No government which punishes its own citizens who vote for the opposition should be allowed one day more to rule, let alone another five years. <br /><br />Such a government can offer four tyres to taxi drivers when it suddenly realized how this group can shape political opinion, and yet it can withhold a few hundred buses from an opposition state government trying to solve traffic woes in the state. Arrogance personified. Yes?wallahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17580252352785040456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014075006969917149.post-23405636440108403852013-04-13T00:21:31.000+08:002013-04-13T00:21:31.000+08:00So we may now conclude that in addition to middle ...So we may now conclude that in addition to middle income trap of the citizen consumer, this country is also suffering from double standards trap of the present government in which case if the businesses of the citizens are to be toppled by weak competitiveness, why should the present government not be toppled on the grounds of bad governance? <br /><br />No?<br /><br />wallahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17580252352785040456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014075006969917149.post-37652036867185516012013-04-13T00:15:35.052+08:002013-04-13T00:15:35.052+08:00Which comes to the matter of change.
The present...Which comes to the matter of change. <br /><br />The present caretaker government is asking voters not to change the government. In the same breath, it is asking voters to return it so that it can fight the scourge of corruption, the biggest common internal threat to all emerging markets especially new democracies. <br /><br />The voters however are finished with governmental lip services. What exactly has the incumbent been doing about big ticket corruption all these past five years since the last elections, they asked while already knowing the answer that thieves cannot be policemen at the same time. <br /><br />And that provides the answer to the question posted on the difference between essentially the same promises by opposing parties. The incumbent has had too many chances and failed all of them. The corrupt in their midst are getting away with public property. The challenger is yet untested. It should have one chance to bring about real change and make the difference a reality. No?<br /><br />The lateral retort to that is a counter-question, namely how can the challenger comprising three different mandates federally govern in a united way. <br /><br />The response to that counter-question can also be lateral. Namely, how can an alliance basically shown to be monoracial in vested interest of one party alone portray itself to represent the plural and multiracial citizenry, especially when the members of that party can look askance at the double standards applied in too many instances, such as a ten minute only allowance for opponent air time and maintaining a deafening silence on assorted charges from travesty of justice to proxy racialism. Yes?<br /><br /><br /><br />wallahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17580252352785040456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5014075006969917149.post-30533974810508512852013-04-12T23:53:55.704+08:002013-04-12T23:53:55.704+08:00Some may contend that technically we have been rel...Some may contend that technically we have been released from the middle income trap. They may even helpfully suggest the present slew of economic transformation projects as playing a hand to provide the release lever. <br /><br />However the memory remains fresh how temperatures suddenly ignited when ron-95 was sold sans subsidy not too long ago. <br /><br />The same memory also reflected on the numerous real-life examples posted in cyberspace where irate citizens asked to change their lifestyles broke down their monthly household expenses just to show how their entire monthly earnings had simply dissolved before the end of each month just to pay for basic city life subsistence.<br /><br />So one cannot be faulted for asking much has changed since those projects were announced? One suspects, little if any for the majority. Except for those in specific vote deposit positions, people of the private sector are still tied down to basically static incomes but rising costs in an environment where entire lives are tied to mundane careers and mortgages. For the majority steep in household debt and living only at the pleasure of mr credit card, the middle income trap is as real as those who think otherwise but only because they are holding politically safe and comfortably paying posts.<br /><br />And if one removes subsidies especially on fuel items, the spike in energy costs with their negative multiplier effects will just topple over many businesses. So much for the competitiveness of our enterprises, something easy to overlook except when we note how many employers had risen against the minimum wage ruling.<br /><br />This non-competitiveness all around will soon find another example in the removal of excise quota on palm oil. While there's some hope it will bring about closer parity with the export price over at one neighbor, the more valuable lesson is actually about the need to be in tune with change fast enough to stem unnecessary loss of not just revenues of the day but also the market sources of revenues of the future.<br /><br /> <br /><br />wallahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17580252352785040456noreply@blogger.com