Definitely a better way to run a country...
I couldn't agree more with this suggestion... but how many Zaid Ibrahim do we have in the current gov to make this change a reality?... sad
Pay politicians based on SMS charges
Cedric Oct 21, 08 4:00pm
I have a simple idea that I would like to share with your readers. I think we should all gang up and not pay all our taxes. This way there will be no corrupt ministers trying to vie for the top posts that would grant them access to the nation’s wealth.
What’s the use of having ministers that siphon money from the people? No corrupt minister would want to be in the ‘fight’ if there isn’t a pot of money at the other end of the ‘rainbow’.
Those willing to fight for the people should be persons who want to make a difference to our nation. But the corrupt people obviously can't resist the temptation when all that money is under their noses and is easy to grab.
With regards to taxes, we should only pay for what we want. Those who want something should pay for it, while those who don’t want it will not need to fork out a dime.
For instance, those who support the purchase of the jets or submarine, do please go and register at some website/booth. Once the registration has closed, and if the decision is to still proceed with the purchase, then share the cost amongst the voters who voted ‘yes’.
Therefore, any major project undertaking should be transparently proposed and it will be the minister’s job to convince members of the public to help finance the project.
As such, there would be no improper investment or project that is overpriced or either abandoned halfway through.
To keep the government running, we can, however, pay a yearly fixed rate for those necessary items.
These include for security and policing, roads, housing, broadcasting (radio/TV), garbage collection, health services, education etc.
Of course, the amount to be paid would be fine-tuned but you get the drift. And as we workers have to endure every year a performance review, we should also have a performance review of our prime minister and ministers.
We should have an SMS poll whereby if a politician does well, the people can vote for him or her and maybe a RM0.20 can be added to the total SMS charge. This 20 sen can then be given to /her salary/income/bonus.
If the politicans slack or try to be clever in their undertakings causing them to lose popularity, they might as well go into other businesses. And guess what? We don’t have to bear any cost in employing them if we don’t like them at all.
Do you think people will be still be complaining about not having enough to live on due to heavy taxation and corrupt practices with this kind of model? Imagine how much Malaysians would have prospered if not because of wastage.
