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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

ARE YOU HUNGRY, GE13 VOTERS? Who offers more meat - BN or PR?


ARE YOU HUNGRY, GE13 VOTERS? Who offers more meat - BN or PR?
To stay whole, BN's election manifesto subsumes diverse fields though there are a few portions which correspond to and pinpoint at Pakatan Rakyat's. As such, it inevitably carries more weight on people's welfare.
Pakatan promised an annuity of RM1,000 for each and every senior citizen aged 60 or above while BN raised its annual BR1M from RM500 to RM1,200. BN's BR1M which is RM200 more is family based while Pakatan Rakyat's is age based.
Pakatan pointed out that its social welfare allowances will be increased from RM300 to RM550. Families with monthly incomes lower than RM500 are entitled to the allowances. BN also promised to raise the following: Unmarried individuals' allowance from RM250 to RM600; schooling aid from RM100 to RM150 and 1Malaysia book vouchers from RM250 to RM300.
Pakatan promised to lower domestic tax for vehicles and repeal it within five years. BN, on the other hand, promised to review its automotive policy, so as to reduce car prices gradually between 20 and 30 percent and boost the competitiveness of national cars. If domestic tax is annulled throughout, vehicle prices will definitely be lower in scale than what BN has pledged.
Pakatan also promised to progressively withdraw highway concessions, culminating in the eventual abrogation of tolls if it were given the mandate to take the reins of power. BN, meanwhile, promised to increase the number of lanes and exit points along the expressways and gradual abolition of intra-city tolls.
In addition, Pakatan promised to build 150,000 low and medium cost houses within five years, while BN will implement the housing projects through public and private sectors to build one million units of affordable houses.
Pakatan will restructure the existing taxation structure. Only those making more than RM400,000 annually will be subjected to the 26% tax rate. BN will reform the existing taxation framework to a more broad-based taxing system, aiming to reduce individuals' income taxes and company taxes gradually.
Pakatan will establish new salary and service packages for civil servants, increasing policemen's pay by up to 15 percent. BN will reform civil servants' salary and promotion scheme, to put policemen and armed forces personnel on higher remuneration grades.
Apart from these, Pakatan will provide free WiFi access while BN will slash at least 20 percent broadband charges and ensure broadband access.
Pakatan is more ‘aggressive' in gaining women's support. It promised every married woman to enjoy women's EPF while every married man is obliged to deposit into his wife's account anything between RM10 and RM100 a month depending on his monthly income. Further, RM50 will be deposited into each married woman's account by the government.
Would BN have bothered if PR had not grown so strong?
BN, on the other hand, didn't promise anything on this but vowed to increase the number of female decision makers in the government..
Compared to Pakatan, BN is less generous in terms of public welfare. To cite, BN didn't announce lower fuel and utility tariffs, among others. Similar to Pakatan's manifesto, BN will have to justify the funds used to fulfill the 17 pledges it has made as well as the impact they would have on the government's current account balance.
What BN falls short of in its manifesto lies both in its eye catching people-beneficial measures and attention in earning votes but neglects its reformation on policies and structures.
The fact that BN is attempting to echo Pakatan's manifesto instills an impression that ‘there will not be such generous goodies if not because the opposition has grown this strong, something BN has probably never anticipated.
-mysinchew.com

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