ANWAR Ibrahim is dragging us into being Asia's basket case, similar to how Turkey has become the basket case of Europe.
THE similarities are so striking, I am surprised that the half past six economist often contacted by Free Malaysia Today are missing it by a mile and a half.
What are you doing here
My fear for you has turned me in my grave'
I said 'mama I come to the valley of the rich
Myself to sell'
She said 'son this is the road to hell'
On your journey cross the wilderness
From the desert to the well
You have strayed upon the motorway to hell
CONSIDER this, Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is known for his basket case economy theories. READ : Turkey raises minimum wage, keeps interest rates unchanged.
SOUNDS familiar? Well this is exactly what Anwar Ibrahim is doing. IF Anwar Ibrahim's bad habits were just confined to interest rates and wages we could brush it aside for ignorance.
BUT it doesn't stop there. READ : Erdogan Begins New Term and Names His Son-in-Law Finance Minister. Likewise, Anwar Ibrahim has now appointed READ : Nurul Izzah as PM’s senior adviser on economics, finance.
DEAR, Anwar Ibrahim if you value Nurul Izzah's advise then please pay her a salary. Nothing in this world is free, and we Malaysians are daft all right but most of us were not born yesterday night to keep believing in a family that takes no salary from the father to the daughter, it's the same ole same ole ...