New-car scheme is unjustifiable

Meechai Burapa's letter ridiculing the opposition to the government's first car policy seems logical. Based on his belief of the issue, he rightly called them self-centred and unkind to young people in depriving them of the joy and pride of owning a first car.

However, he has intentionally or otherwise completely missed the fundamental point of the issue - a subsidy given for an unjustifiable cause. Instead, he brilliantly described the joy of owning a first-car in which none of the opposition disputed or tried to deprive young people of that joy. A truly proud first-car owner has the satisfaction of the ownership without the government's subsidy of 20 per cent of the cost of his first car; 100 per cent of the money came from his hard-earned salary. It was 100 per cent pride and joy. He did it on his own without the benevolent hand of the country's taxpayers!

As a current taxpayer, I object to my money being spent unwisely in aggravating social ills, which is the real issue, and not Khun Meechai's usual diversion of the issue to serve his cause.

Songdej Praditsmanont

Bangkok