Saturday, May 28, 2011

Spending too much on Defence - and unnecessarily increasing cost of living

Why are we wasting so much money for Defence spending? 

We may need air-ambulances and fire-fighting helicopters ... but certainly not submarines and other military hardware...

Are we being forced to buy military hardware as part of some 'trade agreements'?

Malaysia is not in war with anyone at the moment - and we seem to be spending more than Thailand, Indonesia and Philippines.

Let us also not forget to take into account population - and we find that Malaysia's spending per person for Defence is just too high...
Malaysia's BN government says that they have financial problems - and cannot anymore afford 'subsidies' - and need to cut it ....end result increase in the cost of living...

Are we heading for a 100% capitalistic model - when we know that capitalism has failed, evident in the US where the number of 'new poor' and homelessness is on the rise...
Najib and his BN government must stop this trend which will ultimately be very bad for Malaysians especially the poor, the 'not so competitive', the elderly, ...

We still need to accept that all times, now and the future, we will need to share and ensure a good life also for the poor, weak, marginalized, disadvantaged,.... 
We do not want a Malaysia that promotes 'self-centredness' - you want to benefit, you go for it and reap its benefits...Those who do not 'win' the rat race will just have to suffer the consequence of their failures, weakness, etc... We certainly do not want this for we understand fully that a community is made of people, not all who will win the 'rat race', and as community we need to be striving for the good of all - not just I and my family and 'my gang'.

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