Noble intentions, bad economics. Part 2 of 2. Tales by an unknown blogger no 47

31. What's going on with the Gaza proposal and the PM's rambling responses are like the many MADANI advertisements that appear on TV - we don't understand most of them.

32. What is most important is to appear as doing something. Even if for dramatic effects. So long as at end of the advertisements ada MADANI, mada, Dani etc.

33. Similarly, it's most important to appear religious. Talk about Islamic humanities and the care for the less fortunate. It's a sense of religious noblesse oblige, the responsibilities that come with important posts.

34. Especially if one is a Muslim leader of a predominantly Muslim country such as Malaysia. Must be seen as doing something dramatic, meh .

35. Being seen as doing something is a bad proposition. It suggests the pm is easily duped into believing something substantive is being done. Hence the various MADANI advertisements suggest something solid is being done. In reality only money is paid to 2 bit actors. Mat shabu2 sleeping over at MAHA does not mean the rice issue, the Baja issue, the existence of the deep state in MOA, selesai!

36. Hopefully the pm doesn't get this contagious disease. Having made the bed he must now lie in it. Or is a case promises made is a thing of the past, promises broken is a thing of the present?

37. Did anyone ask whether the PM's decision was in response to market signals?

38. No, because it was a judgemental call and therefore not rational. Hey, I am looking at this from an economics perspective, ya .

39. Anything done not in response to market signals and therefore not rational is defective.

40. Were any sophisticated economics models and other simulations made? I remember India, when wanting to industrialise did a huge input output tabulation. Perhaps our economists will want to simulate some input output matrices, carry out some econometrics simulations and other empirical tests?

41. All done to help the PM decide rationally. If they just follow along, might as well quit mof.

42. Let me remind the pm that it's not the Palestinians in Gaza who will vote for you but many unhappy Malaysians will. It doesn't take rocket science to predict who they will vote .

43. Saying that domestic issues and problems will endure until the end of days, does not justify an irrational decision.

44. True, domestic issues will endure until the end of days, the present pm does his part and successive PMs will do theirs. This goes to show the world doesn't revolve around you. Please don't be conceited. Only UMNO people do.

45. There's another thing the PM said that I find very disturbing and unsettling. Orang dah mintak maaf , kita terimalah dengan baik.

46. He was of course referring to the apology tendered in by the crook in chief.

47 . As pm and father to the nation, when people say sorry he must accept with open heart. Well, speak for himself, only UMNO degenerates and perhaps smarmy PKR people will agree with him.

48. For many law abiding, they are indifferent or will not the fictional apology. For many , the common law ought to apply .

49. It would have been better if the pm said it's up to the courts to value the crooks apology. Because the pm accepted the apology, we hope it won't be a signal for the courts to give the crook preferential treatment.

50..like Denning says, we are not until in the technicalities and niceties of the law. We are more interested in justice. The PM should too.