Raising COE [Was : COE above $80,0000]
-
Price of 2nd hand car not cheap either. I calculated I'll be paying more for a 2nd hand car compared to my current 1st hand car. Headache liao.
A friend shared an old joke .... Mahathir produce proton to increase revenue. LKY smarter just need printer n paper to produce COE to increase revenue. All things equal, not considering other factors like size of ctry etc...they said LKY is brilliant. Ya....at the expense of the citizens lah....suck citizens dry.
Soon cars in SG are for the rich only...already now most of the SK plates are luxury cars. Public transport is crappy....taxi expensive, train congested n not reliable, bus accident. :siao: -
verykiasu2010:
agree. it should be means tested, so those with more kids and lower income should get heavy COE subsidy. cos for those with very young kids a car is really more a necessity than a luxury. and sure, they can always limit the make of the car to make sure that ppl don't overspend.KSP:
why not charge more or 2X the COE price for those DINK families for having 2nd car....
it is not how much the rich can afford
it is how little the less well off could afford to cater to the family needs of transportation with young kids and a bigger brood encouraged by gov't, hence they should subsidise the COE or even give one free for such families who fulfills the gov't call for more kids
since the gov't is very good in giving out incentive and disincentive, this should be one for social engineering
i see a couple in factory uniform, bought quite an old looking mitsubishi car to ferry their two little kids to childcare and nanny. felt quite sorry for them, the car cost must be a big financial burden. and all they are trying to do is bring up a family, perhaps let their children have a little more sleep in the morning, since it's faster to cover distances with a car than public transport (let's not get started on public transport when u have v young kids)... -
KSP:
gov subsidise COE for the less well off ?? come on, we have a world class transportation system which can bring u to anywhere u want....[/quote]Ummm, but they never tell you how long it takes to reach there. :siam:verykiasu2010:
[quote=\"KSP\"]why not charge more or 2X the COE price for those DINK families for having 2nd car....
it is not how much the rich can afford
it is how little the less well off could afford to cater to the family needs of transportation with young kids and a bigger brood encouraged by gov't, hence they should subsidise the COE or even give one free for such families who fulfills the gov't call for more kids
since the gov't is very good in giving out incentive and disincentive, this should be one for social engineering -
KSP:
[/quote]gov subsidise COE for the less well off ?? come on, we have a world class transportation system which can bring u to anywhere u want....[/quote]verykiasu2010:
[quote=\"KSP\"]why not charge more or 2X the COE price for those DINK families for having 2nd car....
it is not how much the rich can afford
it is how little the less well off could afford to cater to the family needs of transportation with young kids and a bigger brood encouraged by gov't, hence they should subsidise the COE or even give one free for such families who fulfills the gov't call for more kids
since the gov't is very good in giving out incentive and disincentive, this should be one for social engineering
excuse me while I :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :censored: -
yah why MRT getting even more crowded lately huh? realised that at morning peak it’s now at 3 min intervals instead of 2. sounds minor, but whoa it makes a huge difference in load factor!
-
long time no visit ksp liao.
verykiasu2010:
damned good idea! - encourage car owners to procreate, and non car owners are discouraged from procreating?as I proposed before, gov't should give family with 3 or more kids a subsidised COE or free COE with more than 4 kids .... part of procreation incentive...sure to help in a car crazy society
KSP:
won't happen, coz policy makers themselves kana.why not charge more or 2X the COE price for those DINK families for having 2nd car....
-
dunnoleh:
you got it wrong way roundlong time no visit ksp liao.
damned good idea! - encourage car owners to procreate, and non car owners are discouraged from procreating?verykiasu2010:
as I proposed before, gov't should give family with 3 or more kids a subsidised COE or free COE with more than 4 kids .... part of procreation incentive...sure to help in a car crazy society
KSP:
won't happen, coz policy makers themselves kana.why not charge more or 2X the COE price for those DINK families for having 2nd car....
free or subsidised COE comes only after procreating 3 or more kids, else not free and no subsidy
not \"encourage car owners to procreate\", nor car-less people not to procreate as you put it -
verykiasu2010:
you got it wrong way round
damned good idea! - encourage car owners to procreate, and non car owners are discouraged from procreating?dunnoleh:
long time no visit ksp liao.
[quote=\"verykiasu2010\"]as I proposed before, gov't should give family with 3 or more kids a subsidised COE or free COE with more than 4 kids .... part of procreation incentive...sure to help in a car crazy societyKSP:
won't happen, coz policy makers themselves kana.why not charge more or 2X the COE price for those DINK families for having 2nd car....
free or subsidised COE comes only after procreating 3 or more kids, else not free and no subsidy
not \"encourage car owners to procreate\", nor car-less people not to procreate as you put it[/quote]well understood, that your suggestion make no mention of car-less people. these subsidies/freebies are for car-ed people only. since this has nothing to do with car-less people, they better not read this. tio bo? -
dunnoleh:
no
well understood, that your suggestion make no mention of car-less people. these subsidies/freebies are for car-ed people only. since this has nothing to do with car-less people, they better not read this. tio bo?
don't care whether car buyer is car-less or car-ed people or not
if you want a subsidised COE or free COE, just show me your 3 or more kids .... plus must qualify hor, from same marriage, not from 3 diff wives
sorry my england very bad that you always get me wrong -
verykiasu2010:
sorry my england is \"poor\". now u say is for car buyer, if not car buyer, subsidy/freebie not for them. tio bo?
nodunnoleh:
well understood, that your suggestion make no mention of car-less people. these subsidies/freebies are for car-ed people only. since this has nothing to do with car-less people, they better not read this. tio bo?
don't care whether car buyer is car-less or car-ed people or not
if you want a subsidised COE or free COE, just show me your 3 or more kids .... plus must qualify hor, from same marriage, not from 3 diff wives
sorry my england very bad that you always get me wrong
Hello! It looks like you're interested in this conversation, but you don't have an account yet.
Getting fed up of having to scroll through the same posts each visit? When you register for an account, you'll always come back to exactly where you were before, and choose to be notified of new replies (either via email, or push notification). You'll also be able to save bookmarks and upvote posts to show your appreciation to other community members.
With your input, this post could be even better 💗
Register Login