Anyway, I also discovered that I like the tax system of Singapore. You really don't appreciate what you have until you don't have it, and I really get disgusted when Singaporeans complain about the tax in Singapore. Do they know that Singapore has one of the lowest tax rates in the world???
It's really hilarious when people go out shopping like crazy because they say that the tax is going up 1% or whatsoever, and complain all day long that the tax is going up. GST is 17.5% here!!! That's like 3 times the GST back in Singapore!! It really annoys me so much when people complain about GST.
Then of course is the income tax. I just received my first pay check (actually not really, I worked for 1 day last year haha for a STB convention but it was too little to be taxed anyway), and horrors! I got taxed £359.33!!! That's actually how much i earned a month working last summer!!!
So people, please stop complaining about the tax system. When you get taxed £359.33, then go ahead. But for now, shut the **** up. :)
Oh, and I also disapprove of a welfare state. I think people should be responsible for their own welfare. I am paying National Insurance (welfare) for hospitals that I don't use, state pensions that I wont get. I'm so tempted to make myself fall sick so I can use the free hospital just to get my money's worth. Ok just kidding.
But really, the people who always complain about the tax system, are always the people who DON'T PAY TAX. And the people who supports the welfare system are usually the jobless people relying on the rich to pay for their welfare, just because they are too lazy to work. I really don't believe that if you are willing to work, there isn't some sort of work that you can find - even getting a job that pays a little is still a job. Getting a job that you think is beneath you, or being jobless - which is more pathetic?
Then of course, are the old people who don't work and don't save, and end up relying on the young working population to pay for their retirement. I really think CPF is a good idea now, because you save for yourself, and you get back what you put in. If everyone uses the CPF method, then they won't have to worry about greying population! Hahahahahaha, ok that is me being childish, but if you took a child's look at it, it is rather true to a certain extent because the only person who have to support the old people are the old people themselves, so you don't have to think about how many young people are supporting the old people in the economy. If you don't work and don't save when you're younger, then you don't eat! Serves you right! :D
Unfortunately, the people who don't pay tax makes up the majority of the country and the government is bounded to respond to the majority. So pity the poor rich people who have to suffer at the hands of the poor lazy people who complains all day long.
**Of course, I am not complaining about the people who are genuinely not capable of working due to health issues.
**I am super scared that I will be jobless one day. Hahahaha. Can you tell? I really am scared that I'll fall into the very ranks of people that I despise. I need a job.
It's really hilarious when people go out shopping like crazy because they say that the tax is going up 1% or whatsoever, and complain all day long that the tax is going up. GST is 17.5% here!!! That's like 3 times the GST back in Singapore!! It really annoys me so much when people complain about GST.
Then of course is the income tax. I just received my first pay check (actually not really, I worked for 1 day last year haha for a STB convention but it was too little to be taxed anyway), and horrors! I got taxed £359.33!!! That's actually how much i earned a month working last summer!!!
So people, please stop complaining about the tax system. When you get taxed £359.33, then go ahead. But for now, shut the **** up. :)
Oh, and I also disapprove of a welfare state. I think people should be responsible for their own welfare. I am paying National Insurance (welfare) for hospitals that I don't use, state pensions that I wont get. I'm so tempted to make myself fall sick so I can use the free hospital just to get my money's worth. Ok just kidding.
But really, the people who always complain about the tax system, are always the people who DON'T PAY TAX. And the people who supports the welfare system are usually the jobless people relying on the rich to pay for their welfare, just because they are too lazy to work. I really don't believe that if you are willing to work, there isn't some sort of work that you can find - even getting a job that pays a little is still a job. Getting a job that you think is beneath you, or being jobless - which is more pathetic?
Then of course, are the old people who don't work and don't save, and end up relying on the young working population to pay for their retirement. I really think CPF is a good idea now, because you save for yourself, and you get back what you put in. If everyone uses the CPF method, then they won't have to worry about greying population! Hahahahahaha, ok that is me being childish, but if you took a child's look at it, it is rather true to a certain extent because the only person who have to support the old people are the old people themselves, so you don't have to think about how many young people are supporting the old people in the economy. If you don't work and don't save when you're younger, then you don't eat! Serves you right! :D
Unfortunately, the people who don't pay tax makes up the majority of the country and the government is bounded to respond to the majority. So pity the poor rich people who have to suffer at the hands of the poor lazy people who complains all day long.
**Of course, I am not complaining about the people who are genuinely not capable of working due to health issues.
**I am super scared that I will be jobless one day. Hahahaha. Can you tell? I really am scared that I'll fall into the very ranks of people that I despise. I need a job.
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