[Bigiron]

Budget debate: MPs raise questions about Singapore's fiscal space and how to raise revenue

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[wendychan]

"Meanwhile, Ms Foo Mee Har (West Coast GRC) asked how special transfers, including top-ups to endowment funds and trust funds, would affect Singapore’s fiscal space, noting that these transfers were revised up to $9.2 billion in the 2022 financial year, up $2.9 billion from the estimated figure.

Given the tight fiscal space, the Government will need to continue to review its fiscal strategies, she said, suggesting that it may be worthwhile to raise gambling and alcohol taxes and also introduce a tax on sugar."

solution to almost eveery thing is raise taxes..

and a lot of food is salt y
then what? have a salt tax?