National debts : this is getting a bit serious now
Malaysians are expected to owe another RM90 billion from debts raised in 2011 alone; the years and years of accumulated debts as at 2008 alone was already RM213 billion.
In 2011, Najib’s administration will almost double our debts and subject us to more foreign exchange risks.
By Lee Wee Tak
While many of us are focusing on some diplomats’ coffee shop gossip over-emphasized just because it was from WikiLeak, I notice something more serious then which asshole is the real asshole.
Now almost 6 months ago, I have been alarmed by the level of national debts and wrote this. According to Singapore’s Today, Dow Jones reported that 21 more government bonds auctions (really it means rakyat debts committed by temporary administrators on their behalf without getting rakyat’s consent), 1/3 more than this year, to raise money to spend on 131 “key projects” (which should include the much objected Menara Warisan Merdeka).
Malaysians are expected to owe another RM90 billion from debts raised in 2011 alone; the years and years of accumulated debts as at 2008 alone was already RM213 billion.
In 2011, Najib’s administration will almost double our debts and subject us to more foreign exchange risks. The loans are for infrastructure and property projects – not a whimper about healthcare, human capital development, education …. the soft skills so vital nowadays and Malaysians so lack of it nowadays.
When Najib gleefully announced his election budget for 2011, I wondered where the heck the money is going to come from, given the declining oil revenue and foreign as well as local investments; the apparent answer now, bluntly and without apology, shrinks my balls.
I do not know if the “projects” will generate enough revenue to repay the principals and interest and have enough crumbs for the rakyat to feed on. Who are going to rent the Menara Warisan Merdeka? Will KLCC become another Menara Dayabumi ghost building? Will the other commercial buildings owned by Malaysians be deprived of its existing tenants? Simple questions and no answers.
What I do know is that tax payers’ money which could be used for hospitals, subsidy on food and medical supply, schools, street lighting, flood preventation, crime fighting, living expenses assistance to the handicap and aged will be forgone.
What I do not know is who are the financial service professionals that will earn a lot of fees from organising the loans?
Read more at: http://wangsamajuformalaysia.blogspot.com/2010/12/national-debts-this-is-getting-bit.html
