Not all T20 households have it easy


IT is almost like clockwork. Whenever the issue of subsidies is raised, the top 20% income earners (T20) becomes the punching bag.

The narrative is that they don’t deserve the subsidies, especially for RON 95, and that it’s a waste of public resources for them to benefit from blanket subsidies.

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