00:00I don't want to talk about justice, social justice, and this society being separated from the rule of law.
00:09That's why we introduce subsidy funding.
00:12We call it T10 or T15.
00:16It means that the rich people should pay a little more.
00:20We are now subsidizing, giving subsidies, round 95, round 96, we are subsidizing.
00:25Students who ride a motorbike should be subsidized.
00:29Even a taxi driver should be subsidized.
00:33Nothing personal.
00:35It doesn't mean that we should pay extra.
00:40We should pay without subsidies.
00:43That's all we do.
00:45It means that we give subsidies to 85% of the population.
00:51The 15% that we are subsidizing,
00:55maybe 13,000, is a little too low.
00:59We want to raise it even more.
01:01But the RM100,000 a month,
01:03the RM1 million a month,
01:06but if you listen to the parliament,
01:08I hear that it's not enough.
01:10There are more parliament members who are talking about subsidizing RM3,000 to RM15,000
01:14compared to the people below,
01:16M40, B40, and the T20 below.
01:21So, I think it's unfair.
01:23What do you mean by anti-rich people?
01:26I'm not anti-rich people.
01:28I'm just saying, if you are rich, don't go and get subsidies.
01:32If you are rich, pay for it.
01:34If you go to a government hospital,
01:38your income is RM100,000 a month.
01:41Pay a little.
01:44If you go to a university,
01:47for example, UPNM,
01:49if your father's income is RM100,000 a month,
01:54would you be patient to get a little more?
01:58A little more.
02:00It doesn't mean that everyone is a sponsor.
02:02I think you should be patient.
02:04Is that discriminating? No.
02:06Because he can afford it.
02:07Does it burden him to pay a high fee?
02:09No.
02:10Pay in installments.
02:12If you want to assist and care for the poor,
02:23we must have adequate resources.
02:26We inherit a huge debt of close to RM1.5 trillion.
02:33We don't want to tax the people.
02:35So, we tax a little, the very rich,
02:39and we withdraw subsidy to the very rich.
02:42That is essentially the philosophy,
02:45the economic philosophy of,
02:47people say it's Robin Hood,
02:49taking from the rich, giving to the poor.
02:51It's not even Robin Hood.
02:52It's just withdrawing the subsidy,
02:55which means we, Malaysia,
02:57happens to be one of the few countries in the world
03:00with the highest subsidy
03:02and the least tax base,
03:05smallest tax base.
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