https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst SBQ Comparison Qn en-us 2017-02-06 02:16:31 UTC 2021-03-10 23:56:08 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295577011 Both Sources are different in terms of their perspective on the increase of GST. Source B states “Increasing GST would help fund expenditure in areas like healthcare, security, education and development of singapore’s infrastructure” This means that the finance minister believes that increasing the GST will be more proficient and beneficial for the country and it’s citizens. But Source C states “An increase in GST is another burden, especially for the poor and lower income group”. This means that the protesters are unsupportive towards the increase in GST because it will cause a negative impact on people who are currently struggling already. ]]> 2021-03-10 23:41:01 UTC https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295577011 https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295578965 source B states “ currently 50% of the investment returns go into our country’s reserve. if we use 100% of our revenue, it will eat into the country’s nest egg and dimmish”. this means that source B wants the government to keep saving into the reserves for rainy days ahead and when it comes the government can aid the citizens using the reserves but source C states “why keep so much reserves if about 9.6 billion if it is not meant to improve the living conditions of the people”. this means that source C wants to use the reserves saved up to help people have a more comfortable life]]> 2021-03-10 23:41:57 UTC https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295578965 https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295580679 Both sources are different in terms of how the increase of gst is going to affect the people. Source b states " we do have other means of increasing givernment revenue,such as the upcoming e-services tax, tobacco tax and existing corprate tax." This means that there will be an increase of government revenues hence making the lower income more financially unstable as their expense will increase. But source c states "alternatives to the gst increase should he considered-including taxes on the wealthy and using revenues from land sales." This means that the lower class people wants the government to get the wealthy to pay the taxes and use their land from land sales rather than the lower income paying the taxes.]]> 2021-03-10 23:42:40 UTC https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295580679 https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295581141 Both sources are different in terms of the amount of support they have for the large amount of money put as the nations back up money. Source B states " it's not the singapore way to use the reserves. Currently 50% of the government investments go into the country's reserves. " This means that the government is trying to convey the fact that the cannot just anyhow use the money and that they have to put the money as back up for the nation's needs in the future. But Source C states " Why keep so much reserves of about 9.6 billion if it's not used to increase the nation's needs. This means that they are suggesting the government uses more of the money for the nation's needs instead of putting it as back up money]]> 2021-03-10 23:42:55 UTC https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295581141 https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295582399 b)  Both Sources are different in terms of how the amount of money must be spent Source B states"Currently 50% of investment returns go into our country's reserves. "This means that the government feel that using all of the money would cause negative impact to Singapore. But source C states" Why keep so much reserves of about$9.6billion if it is not meant to improve the living conditions of people? "This means that the author feels that using all of the money could bring positive impact to the living conditions to Singapore. ]]> 2021-03-10 23:43:32 UTC https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295582399 https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295582583  (b) Both sources are different in terms of the worries of each perspective. Source b states " its not the singapore way to use the reserves " and " if we use 100% of our revenue, it will eat into the country's nest egg and diminish the reserves ". This means that the minister is more worried about the future of it will have on singapore and didnt put their citizens first but source c states " an increase in GST is another burden, especially for the poor and lower-income groups ". This means that their priority is that singaporeans will suffer more from the GST hike and they are worried for the lifelihood of the poor. ]]> 2021-03-10 23:43:37 UTC https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295582583 https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295585373 Sources B and C are different in terms on the person’s views on the GST rate increase. Source B states , “ Increasing GST will help fund expenditure in areas like healthcare, security, education and development of Singapore’s infrastructure .” This means that increasing the GST will bring more benefits to Singapore. However, Source C states , “ An increase in GST is another burden, especially for the poor and lower-income families.” This means that although the Singapore government benefits from the increase, some Singaporeans will suffer from it. ]]> 2021-03-10 23:45:06 UTC https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295585373 https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295585762 Both sources are different in terms of who they want to tax. Source B states "increasing GST would help fund expenditure in areas like healthcare, security, education and development of Singapore's infrastructure". This means that source B wants to increase the GST for everybody. But source C states "alternatives to the GST increase should be considered instead-including taxes on the wealthy and using revenue from land sales". This means that source C wants the wealthy to be taxed, instead of everybody.]]> 2021-03-10 23:45:19 UTC https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295585762 https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295586060 Sources B and C are different in terms of how they want to make use of the reserves. Source B states “currently,50% of the industrial returns go into out country’s reserves, If we use 100% of our reserves, It will eat into the country’s nest egg and diminish the reserves.”This means that source B wants the reserves to be kept for essential and important spending rather then being spent on non essentials.But source C states   
“Why keep so much reserves of about $9.6billion if its not meant to improve the living conditions of the people.” This means that source C wants to use the reserves that has been saved up throughout the past few years to help people lead a more comfortable lifestyle.]]> 2021-03-10 23:45:28 UTC https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295586060 https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295595507 Both source are different in term of their belief on percentage of revenue to be use .source b states that they will only be using 50% of revenue as they don't want to eat into the country's nest egg .this mean that Singaporean have to pay more gst so that 50% of the revenue goes to future ,emergency or personal usage.but source c states that they don't have to be only using 50% and should not keep so much reserves and instead give taxes to the wealthy 
This mean that Singaporean don't want the increase to gst as it is a burden to poor or low income group]]> 2021-03-10 23:50:02 UTC https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295595507 https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295595751 both sources are different in terms of what gst should be use for.
source b states "In the next decade, an ageing population and increasing chronic diseases will mean building new healthcare capacity and investing in new medical technologies to improve care quality"."
this means that the gst is going to use for building more healthcare sector.
but source c states "why keep so much reserves of about $9.6 billion if it is not meant to improve the living conditions of the people?"
this means that the gst should be use for upgrading the living condition of the people]]> 2021-03-10 23:50:10 UTC https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295595751 https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295595852 Both sources are different in terms of what they are worrying about the Singaporean.
Source b states “however , the estimated increase in national spending is more than the estimated revenue.” This mean that money in the future is not enough to support Singapore financial spending.
But source c states “an increase in GST is another burden, especially for the poor and lower income groups.” 
This means that when GST increases , there wi be more negative impact in those lower socio status life ]]> 2021-03-10 23:50:13 UTC https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295595852 https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295596012 both sources are different in terms of their views on the gst increase. source b states "increasing gst would help fund expenditure in areas like healthcare, security, education and development of singapore's infrastructure". this means that the increase in gst would help support the government in growing singapore. but source c states "an increase in gst is another butden, especially for the poor and lower income groups". this means that if the gst increases it will be a struggle to pay for those in the lower income groups as it will add on to their financial burden.]]> 2021-03-10 23:50:17 UTC https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295596012 https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295596034 Both sources are different in terms of the way they think about the gst hike. Source b states “In the next decades, an ageing population and increasing chronic disease will mean building new healthcare capacity and investing in new medical technologies to improve care quality.” This means that there will be more healthcare facilities to provide the ageing group a better care quality. But source C states “an increase in gst is another burden, especially for the poor and the lower-income groups.” This means that the people with poor and lower-income would cause a negative impact on them. ]]> 2021-03-10 23:50:18 UTC https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295596034 https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295596272 both sources are different in terms of who they want the GST hike to affect. source b states "we do have other means of increasing government revenue, such as the upcoming e-services tax, tabacco tax and existing corporate tax." this means that they want the GST hike to affect the whole of singapore and not just a specific group of people. but, source c states "alternatives to gst increase should be considered instead - including taxes from the wealthy and using revenue from land sales." this means that they want the GST hike to mainly affect the richer people, so that the not as rich people would not be affected. ]]> 2021-03-10 23:50:24 UTC https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295596272 https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295596302 Differences(Alisya)
Source B states “We do have other means of increasing government revenue, such as the upcoming e-services tax, tabacco tax and existing corporate tax.” This means that the government wants to increase the tax for other areas as well. But source C states “An increase in GST is another burden, especially for the poor and lower income groups.” This means that the cost of living would be much more higher and the blue-collared workers would be more financially burdened. ]]> 2021-03-10 23:50:26 UTC https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295596302 https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295596497 Both sources are different in terms of their perspective of the GST income. Source B states " Increasing in GST would help fund expenditure in areas like health care , security, education and development of Singapore's infrastructure" this means that the increase of GST can be benefit by premises more Singapore's needs. Source C states " An increase in GST is another burden, especially for the poor and lower-income groups" this means that if the GST increases, there will need to be an increase of financial assistance for the people who are unable to pay for the increase in GST. ]]> 2021-03-10 23:50:32 UTC https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295596497 https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295597179 Both sources are different in terms of supporting the increase of GST. Source B states that “the estimated increase in ba to inalienable spending is more than the estimated government revenue .” This means that the author wish the GST would increase in order to be higher than the usage of money for the country. But source C states that “An increase in GST is another burden , especially for the poor and lower in come groups .” This means that the uprising of GST could meal people which having a lower income suffer more in their living.]]> 2021-03-10 23:50:52 UTC https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295597179 https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295597433 Source b states that increasing gst would develop more infastructure for the future use 
This means that they should incrase gst for the future benefits of singaporean but source c states that an increase of gst will be a burden especially for the poor and lower income group this means that singaporean don't want to have a increase of gst as it will have a negetive impact on them ]]> 2021-03-10 23:50:59 UTC https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295597433 https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295597712 Both sources are different in terms of whether the increase in GST is a positive or a negative impact to the people. Source B states that" In the next decade, an aging population and increasing chronic disease will mean building new healthcare capacity and investing in new medical technologies to improve care quality." This means that with the increase in GST, it would help the citizens by increasing the healthcare facilities, creating a positive impact. But Source C states that" An increase in GST is another burden, especially for the poor and lower-income groups." This means that there are more pressure on citizens due to the increase of GST, creating a negative impact.]]> 2021-03-10 23:51:06 UTC https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295597712 https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295597834 Source C and B are different in terms of how the people think the government uses the money of the GST as source B stats “The estimated increase in national spending is more than the estimated government revenue” this means that the government knows that the nations spending is more than what the government receives from GST thus it is not enough for them to sustain But from source C stats “why keep so much reserves of about $9.6billion if it’s not meant to I’mprove the living conditions of the people” I am able to tell that Source C thinks that the government just wants to take more money from them and not use what they already this from here I am able to infer that these two sources are different ]]> 2021-03-10 23:51:10 UTC https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295597834 https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295598343 (b) Source B and C are different in terms of the different perspectives of GST increase. Source B states” Increasing GST would help fund expenditure in areas like healthcare, security, education and development of Singapore’s infrastructure”. This means that it brings benefits to the environment and for residents such as building facilities that are lacked of. But source C states” An increase in GST is another burden, especially for the poor and low-income groups”. This means that it brings about negative impact to the impoverished people such as, not being able to afford the GST.]]> 2021-03-10 23:51:24 UTC https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295598343 https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295599268 Difference: Both source B and C are different in terms of the point of view of the increase of tax. Source B states “ We do have other means of increasing government revenue, such as the upcoming e-services tax, tobacco tax and existing corporate tax.” This means that we as residence needs to pay more money on the rate of certain needs. However, Source C states“ Why keep so much reserves of about $9 .6 billion if it is not meant to improve the living conditions of the people?” “ An increase in GST is another burden, especially for the poor and lower-income groups”. This means that non-profit organization do not fully support the increase of GST as it felt that it will worsen their living conditions economically.]]> 2021-03-10 23:51:52 UTC https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295599268 https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295599393 Both sources are different in terms of who the author wants to target.Souces B states" Increasing GST would help fund in areas like healthcare, security, education and development of Singapore infrastructure".Thia means that the author is trying to target the whole of Singapore. But Souce C states" Alternatives to the GST increase shuld be considered instead - including taxes on the wealthy and using more revenue from land sales". This means thta the author is trying to target the wealthy due to them being economically stable than otthers.]]> 2021-03-10 23:51:56 UTC https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295599393 https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295599682 Sources b and c are different in terms oh how singaporeans view the increase in gst. Source b is saying how the money will help to support "fund expenditure in areas like health care ,security, education and development of Singapore's infrastructure" but Source c is questioning on "why keeps much reserves of about 9.6 billion I it is not meant to improve the living conditions in Singapore" and are upset about th  increase in gst]]> 2021-03-10 23:52:05 UTC https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295599682 https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295599914   Both source are difference in term of how the increase of GST is going to affect the people. Source B states “increasing GST would help fund expenditure in areas like healthcare, security, education and development of Singapore infrastructure.” 
This mean that the increasing of GST will help the singaporean to have a better environment.
But source B states “an increasing in GST is another burden, especially for the poor and lower-income groups.”This mean that it will cause negative impact to the poor and lower-income groups]]> 2021-03-10 23:52:12 UTC https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295599914 https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295601001 Sources B and C are different in terms of how the GST will effect other communities.



Source B states "Increasing GST would help fund expenditures in areas like healthcare,security,education and development if Singapore's infrastructure."This means that the GST would help improve conditions in essential areas.
Source C states,"An increase in GST is another burden,especially for the poor and lower income groups."This means that the lower income group would not benefit from this and would have to turn to the government to get financial help to help cope with the tax hike.]]> 2021-03-10 23:52:46 UTC https://padlet.com/naixela/sbq_gst/wish/1295601001