COMMENT | Forcing people to pay more for imported mangoes, guavas, and bananas while not doing enough to curb waste and corruption is politically tone-deaf.

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim should know better, since the slogan “Barang Naik” (inflation) over GST helped topple BN in 2018.

It’s doubly dumb when there is a better alternative - a modest two percent wealth tax on just the 50 richest Malaysians.

This would raise more than jacking up the sales and service taxes (SST) upon millions of locals.

A better name for a “wealth tax” is a “Robin Hood” tax - taking a little from the hyper-rich to help the dirt poor.