Monday, October 13, 2008

Wealth is Freedom

From BBC:

Traffic restrictions have been re-introduced in China's capital Beijing, in an attempt to bring back the clear skies seen during the Olympics.

Each car must spend one day a week off the road, in a scheme based on registration numbers ...

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Was talking to step-dad about it today and I was joking about how this only means that the rich have more road space. I assumed they can easily talk to a few friends in high places, and their license plate numbers will never be called.

Step-dad looked at me, and said "Nope, they have a couple of cars; if one is banned, they'll drive another."

An ex-colleague said something similar when our beloved government erected new ERP gantries.

Him: "Good! Less cars on the road, better for me to speed"
Me: "Eh, Hello. You don't need pay ERP ah."
Him: "Pay, Pay lor. How much only."

So little boys and girls, make sure you grow up to be rich k.

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