“A few constituents spoke about the high cost of living, with so many categories of prices rising or else very high by historical standards (food, transport, housing, ERP, etc),” he wrote
, “The government’s decision to press ahead with the GST hike at this time does not embody the political courage that Singapore needs.”
He added that raising the GST when inflation rates are so high increases the risk of inflation getting even higher. “It is irresponsible to press ahead with this GST hike when inflation has not even been tamed.” The resident who shared his concern with Mr Perera is not the only one who feels this way. A Reddit user wrote in a January 2 post titled “True sentiment about GST increase” that “the real issue that people complain about is that 1% increase somehow causes the products paid by the end consumer to increase by 5%- 20%. Your chicken rice which cost $4.50 last year can cost $5 now. That’s more than a 10% increase rather than just 1%.
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