Sunday, April 15, 2018

Turn hypocrite so as to become the government

From FMT:


A spoiled vote is a protest, not a vote for Pakatan

It is also a vote against both sides for having ridiculously sacrificed their principles for votes.



By Hafidz Baharom

I write in reply to Chew Jian Li (Letters FMT) who says a vote for Pakatan Harapan would be a protest vote.

As an #UndiRosak campaigner, I believe this is far from the truth.

Pakatan Harapan is now led by the same mind who ruled this country for 22 years and gave us the draconian standards that still exist today. Others have bought into believing that his racially-inclined Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia will be beneficial to the government, but I don’t.

You can’t fight racism by supporting racism just because you want to win an election and have abandoned the quest to make Malaysian people less racially-inclined.

A racist party is a racist party. You can’t call one out without the other, and yet Chew believes in omitting this fact.

At the same time, a vote is a vote. A vote for PH is a vote against Barisan Nasional, and vice versa. A protest against the ridiculousness of both sides to sacrifice principles for votes is in no way a form of protest – it is instead a form of encouragement.

I am glad, however, that Chew understands that the right to spoil our votes is a sacrosanct choice in an election, something those against #UndiRosak do not seem to understand.

Chew believes that the policies proposed by Pakatan in their manifesto are good. However, two points are lacking: funding a Shadow Cabinet, and putting a “none of the above” (NOTA) box on the ballots.

As for economic policy, the Pakatan and BN manifestos are both economically unfeasible and unsound.

For Pakatan to remove the Goods and Services Tax and bring back Sales and Services Tax instead will actually create a shortfall of government revenue. Abolishing tolls will exacerbate the issue.

Yet, Pakatan has provided no explanation about how they will make up for this shortfall. In short, Pakatan has no tax plan other than to abolish GST and reduce import duties on cars, without explaining how to make up for it.

Chew must also note the confusion about minimum wage. BN’s manifesto promises a gradual increase to RM1,500 while the PH manifesto has kept it vague.

Will they implement a minimum wage immediately, or gradually, as mentioned by PPBM youth leader Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman during his Sinar Harian debate?

At the same time, why would I want to give RM500 in healthcare expenses to each family in the B40 segment? This plan is odd. Why give RM500 in tax ringgit to B40 families to spend, at a maximum of RM50 per visit at a private clinic?

Consider this: treatment at a government clinic only costs RM1 while a private clinic is likely to charge RM60. Even with the card, the B40 family will fork out RM9 more than just settling for public healthcare.

Is Pakatan now subsidising private healthcare too?

Similarly, what use is the Pakatan plan to provide 10,000 buses if at the same time cars become cheaper to buy and tolls are abolished, while abandoning rail lines for mass transport?

Is this yet another fetish about letting people drive without being able to properly afford a car?

While on the topic of cars, has anyone taken a look at what under-1300cc cars there are which qualify for the proposed PH petrol subsidy? Last I checked, you’d have to ride a Perodua Axia.

Let’s not forget about PTPTN (higher education loan) repayments being made payable only when the debtors’ salaries reach RM4,000.

Would anybody care to calculate how long it took for their own incomes to reach that amount? What will be done with the rolling fund until then? Will more cash be pumped in, or will loan amounts for the next generations become smaller and smaller until the fund goes bust?

I also see a similar bailout plan in the BN manifesto with their Felda funding. Settlers were to have saved up themselves for replanting, yet BN now wants to give them RM7,500 per hectare to help them.

Why spend so much on something the settlers should have known themselves and saved up for, over a period of 20 years?

If both sides want to promise the moon and the stars, Chew can choose to vote Pakatan for herself. As for me, and most of other #UndiRosak voters, we have seen Pakatan backtrack from having called former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamed all sorts of names since the Reformasi days.

If Pakatan wants to turn hypocrite so as to become the government, they must do so without our support. After all, they seem confident enough even now.

So let us agree to disagree and we shall see whether Pakatan will deserve our support in 2023.


15 comments:

  1. It is your right to spoil your vote in the privacy of the voting booth.

    But once you become a partisan campaigner promoting #UndiRosak you are fair game Target Practice for those who disagree with you.

    Don't go crying Ah Chew Ah Chor claiming Pakatan supporters are unfairly attacking you.

    Attacks against you and Maryam Lee are Fair Game , once you became a partisan campaigner.

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    1. If only Lee Kuan Yew is around.....hahahahaha......

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytMXSLeqFMY

      LKY met the SIA pilots face to face.......Kaytee dare to show face

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    2. Tun Hussein on did likewise with the MAS pilot!

      Maybe 老李 taught him that lesson since they were so close!

      But, for the bleeding-hearts, the udangs, the blur-sotongs, what do they care!

      A spoiled vote is a protest, not a vote for Pakatan.

      But it's a vote in favour of bn.

      First past the post election IS a zero-sum game, moron!

      So what protest r u talking about?

      Perhaps, u will protest kau2 when jibby leads the country to the stage of Greece financial meltdown (prior to that fews people, especially the experts, foresee it coming!).

      By then, what do u have to protest?

      Yr drowned ego of that syiok-sendiri genY!

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  2. pray tell how to fight racism practiced by govt when almost everyone here in msia is a racist? i dun pretend to know, seem like u have the answer.

    manifesto remain a hmmm manifesto, n y stress so much on govt revenue? didn't penang n selangor shown a pretty healthy balance sheet compare to bn shit?

    y wanna call mahathirs name when he now share our value? budak ni berapa umur?

    another stupid write from a stupid.

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  3. Giving a subsidy for private outpatient clinic visits is an excellent idea.

    The fact is the government outpatient clinic system simply cannot cope with the level of demand , and private clinics are a necessary partner in the system, not a rich option.
    Most of the visitors to local private outpatient clinics are the Working Class B40.
    If you have a child running a 40 degree fever, waiting in a massive Government outpatient clinic queue is not a viable option.

    The Elitist Hafidz will never understand that.

    Equating this to subsidising private healthcare ( like private hospital treatment) is dishonest ...see Hafidz and #UndiRosak is resorting to dishonesty and hypocrisy to attack Pakatan.

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  4. Let's put all the chips on the table and see whether we are all hypocrites or principled men/women of honour. Let's look at the 2 major coalitions in the elections first ie BN and PH.

    1. Are TDM and Najib both racists?
    2. Are they both corrupt?
    3. Are they both bigots?
    4. Are they both hypocrites?
    5. Are they both destroyers of democracy?
    6. Are they both destroyers of justice?
    7. Are they both Machiaevillian?

    You have the freedom to choose but choose which leader heading their coalition? So, thus many start to believe in #undirosak and get swayed also by religious parties idealism, civil rights movements, NGOs etc.

    Since the matter lies in both leaders unsuitability, why don't both of them step down and both coalition come out with a more credible leader? That would solve the Rakyat's dilemma of choosing between 2 dishounarable, unprincipled, undemocratic, untrustworthy men.

    Is that possible and if not, why not?

    There are now a 1000 and 1 hypocritical excuses:

    ie. Save the country, End corruption, robbing, thieving, racism, communism, bigotry, going bankrupt, economic mismanagement, inflation, GST, etc etc etc

    The answers will surely come to "In politics, there are no Holy men of Principles, for The Ends always justifies The Means"

    Politics has always been an Art of creating Perceptions and Deceptions among poor slobs who forgets "There are no Angels among politicians".

    What is this GE14 about again?

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    1. "What is this GE14 about again?"

      2 party sys.

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    2. "What is this GE14 about again?"

      Either the annihilation of Malay supremacy in government or the annihilation of minority voices in government.
      If either not palatable go for 3rd option: #UndiRosak or Moon.

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    3. Wakakaka ....... #UndiRosak is 3rd option? What are you smoking? It is clear that BN will continue to rule for eternity if these #OtakRosak don't vote for PR, don't bullshit that you wanted to because you are disappointed with BN. You have never, in fact you wanted status quo. Just wonder this Hafidz guy has taken the PTPTN? Are you sure you pay back your debt? You got your 5 minutes fames anyway and enslaved your future generations if that's what you want!

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    4. You of all persons should know better than to ask so naively "Since the matter lies in both leaders unsuitability, why don't both of them step down and both coalition come out with a more credible leader?" !

      Would an incumbent corrupt leader, especially one who MUST retain his power at all cost, would willingly step down ? If your so called 'solution' is so appealing and easily done, than more than half the world's problems with power-crazed, evil, corrupt tyrants will be not even arise...

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  5. do they even know that to achieve the ideals of the undirosak mob the prerequisite is to first establish a two party system otherwise how is anyone going to meet their criteria or standards

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    1. the objective of #UndiRosak is to discredit Mahathir as a PM-designate

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    2. mean support umno/bn/najib. is there a third choice in reality?

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    3. how dare they try to snatch your rice bowl and what an enormous let down, the way they are selling themselves I thought they were gonna be the savior of our country

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    4. Hahahaha.....kaytee...hahaha...to discredit so as to allow najib to win

      Holy cow! Hahahaha.....then why do we have election in the first place. We shall appoint najib as emperor for life

      And kaytee as court jester whose job is to suck najib cock

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