Actually there is no inflation in sinkie. The high cost of living is due to indirect taxation.
If I were to take using S$ in JB as a example.
A cheap proton currently would cost about S$15k. Same figure as it was initially produced nearly 40 years ago in RM.
That is an excellent point of view to reflect upon. I am using an analogy here. We all experiencing the heat. Like ants scrambling around in a bush fire. Man made bush fire for sure. It's too much to bear for most people. Now, imagine someone come out and say, stop thinking like an ant living in such terrible state. Why not live like a whale. Frankly even before Covid, I had been living all over Southeast Asia Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam but mostly in Java and I realized that yes, with
Actually there is no inflation in sinkie. The high cost of living is due to indirect taxation.
If I were to take using S$ in JB as a example.
A cheap proton currently would cost about S$15k. Same figure as it was initially produced nearly 40 years ago in RM.
That is an excellent point of view to reflect upon. I am using an analogy here. We all experiencing the heat. Like ants scrambling around in a bush fire. Man made bush fire for sure. It's too much to bear for most people. Now, imagine someone come out and say, stop thinking like an ant living in such terrible state. Why not live like a whale. No burning fire only deep blue sea and cool ocean. Frankly even before Covid, I had been living all over Southeast Asia Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Indonesia mostly in central Java as well as Nepal and Northern part of India and I realized that yes, goods and services in actual S$ prices were not much different from 20-30 years ago. But back home in Singapore I am feeling the heat like everyone else. Yes, the perception can make you feel nervous and eventually goes insane !