Bracing for difficult times ahead

Finally, the bombshell has been dropped. The announcement that everyone dreads has been made. I was quietly expecting it to come with hints given by our beloved PM a few days before the run-up. But never had I expect it to come with such a bang. 41% increase is way far above what I had expected. It is definitely a big burden all across the board affecting the poor and the middle class the most.

On the news yesterday, as our beloved PM was making his maiden speech on the oil increase, what I see is a hypocrite in the truest sense of the word. Never mind that all politicians are hypocrites. But in telling Malaysians to accept it, live with it and change our lifestyle is like telling us to stop going to work, stop eating and stop buying. The average Malaysian has been trying to make ends meet with meagre income. The people that most need to change their lifestyle is none other than the leaders of the country, the celebrities, the rich and what not. There are the people who are living lavishly and worse still, the so called leaders are spending the public's hard earned money.

In other countries that the goverment claim has higher fuel price compared to us, I would like to ask the PM if those countries have a public transportation as screwed up as ours, do the cars there cost as much as here, do they need to pay such heavy road taxes, do they need to pay tolls and etc.....
Pls compare an apple with an apple and not an apple with a banana.

Let just hope for all to be able to adapt to the change and peace and prosperity of the society will be maintained.