More than two dozen MPs spoke on the Budget delivered by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong last week.
SINGAPORE: A sandwiched middle class, working mothers receiving less tax relief, employees getting less take-home pay, and more pressure on employers were among concerns raised on the first day of parliamentary debates on Budget 2023.
Non-Constituency MP Leong Mun Wai of the Progress Singapore Party said that the"decline of the middle class" had given rise to thedescribed by Mr Singh, and that this group of Singaporeans was"overtaxed" relative to their incomes. “There are some young professionals who say, half in jest: ‘Work hard so you have enough money to actually buy a flat, but don’t work so hard so that you earn so much and you might bust the HDB income ceiling,’” said Ms Nadia.
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