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Wednesday, May 24, 2006
PROPAGATING SUBSIDY/WELFARE MENTALITY
Recently, a politician (who else would it be) from an opposition party made noise via several newspaper reports announcing that he would take up to the government to approve in principle a motion that Petronas' profits "be distributed to the people, especially the needy".
This scares me a bit. Because there a lot (and I mean a lot) of people out there who are needy. Some are needy because they are really needy. A lot more are needy simply because they are greedy. Then there are those shameless, lazy lot who are always on the look-out for free hand-outs as their main source of income.
I'm also scared because after Petronas, which GLCs and other companies are going to be next? What kind of message are we sending to them? Don't do well because you will be punished for your success? What kind of message are we sending to investors?
More importantly, what kind of message are we sending to the masses and the riff raffs? That it's all right if you don't work hard in life because there are always companies like Petronas to help you out? That it's OK to waste time and resources on Akademi Fantasia, konsert-konsert hiburan and other lepak sessions? That it's OK to always depend on others to fill up your periuk nasi?
And I thought we wanted to do away with subsidy and welfare mentality, which, as long as it is propagated and sanctioned, will not help us move forward. There's no room for this in 2020's Malaysia.
I'm not an expert in economy (no kidding...) and I know very little about how the country is run (is it being run, really...?), but I think I would want to ask this particular politician to ask the government how it has been spending billions of ringgit companies like Petronas and other GLCs pay in taxes, dividends, royalties, etc.
Perhaps this particular politician should suggest to the government that hey, please set aside some money for programmes that will really help the needy and the riff raffs to develop their capability to help themselves and their brood better their miserable lives. Ajar diorang macamana nak memancing, jangan asyik dok kasi ikan kat diorang. Kita bukannya bangsa peminta sedekah...
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Bukan bangsa minta sedekah? Are u sure Relishdish? I kenal ramai graduate MRSM yang kaya raya, pandu kreta besar sekarang. Tapi masih lagi nak mintak scholarship kerajaan untuk anak-anak mereka. Marah pulak bila orang tanya bukankah mereka dapat scholarship dulu supaya mereka sekarang boleh independent dan tolong orang lain yang needy. Welfare mentality? More like entitlement mentality, bang!
Anonymous said...
2:50 PM
I wld hav to say u've got sum points there. But i just hav to say that the concept of giving some of their (petronas) petroleum money they get from certain particular states, is fair. At least the people get something out of the source petronas take from their land. It's just a concept of fair and square tt's all, not about charity or welfare.
Anonymous said...
7:10 PM
bro, i like ur writing. tapi tak cukup supporting details. u have strong points however... :-) ...
benda nih polemik yang sama laa... cerita2 yang sama. senang cerita kan, why dont we start dgn diri kita dulu. bukan la semua orang yang grad meresem tuh ada entitlement mentality. i pun bekas dak meresem. masa kat U pun MARA yang taja tapi skolership i bayar semula walaupun CGPA melayakkan exemption. cuma rasa tanggungjawab jerk. sifat manusia tuh, kalau barang i, i punya lah, tapi kalau boleh barang u pun i punya jugekss... thing is.. educate...educate them.
so tulis dalam blog untuk kesedaran is good, but to educate onself (and another as well, but in a right approach) is a matter of concern.. tak gituh??
**mati la ai kena carut nanti kash
Encik Ayie Yang Garang said...
7:11 PM
Yes. Fair and square. Some people may have misunderstood the concept vis-a-vis Terengganu a few years ago, don't you agree?
wetbenang said...
6:01 PM
Erm, yes. I have come across people yang semakin kaya, semakin nak freebies. Nak berebut scholarship meant for anak-anak orang miskin untuk anak diorang sendiri....
As for entitlement mentality -- yes, I couldn't agree more. And to get this "entitlement", they would go to all lengths.
wetbenang said...
4:06 PM
I setuju also with spingemorks. Stale polemic. I was made to understand that spingemorks is an educator, so mungkin dia bole nolong anak-anak bangsa kita, sedarkan diri mereka, siapa mereka dan keluarga mereka, yerk...? Thanks for your comment. Keep on educating. Yeay!!!
wetbenang said...
5:36 PM