In Singapore, the economy is dead on the ground!
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Just read The Great COE Scam by Lotus999, you will realize how much money has been taken away by the govt when an average middle income couple buying a car for their daily usage. How about the high petrol tax, GST besides the high COE,ERP, ARF,PARF,insurance,car park charges?What has left for the average citizen to spend on other items in Singapore when most of their incomes are "sapu" by one source-the government? No wonder you see even the hawkers are struggling for survival because average Singaporeans are left with little cash after spending on this one essential item, or may be the instalment for the overhead shelter and the ever increasing PUB bill! For those without owning a car, they are no better off after spending about $5-$10 on the transport alone. For those taking taxi, they have to fork out even more and some even have to tighten their belt literally to make their ends meet. To the government, the economy is doing very well because they have taken more than 90% share of the pie and leaving another 10% or less for the majority of its population! This 10% will not generate much multiplier effects for the economy. The retails are dead, the hawkers are struggling, the taxi drivers are hunting for the last remaining passenger, the average Singaporeans are saving hard for the rainy days and on the ground, the economy is dead!
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You forget that the government also gives us money...in terms of ERS/Rebates/etc etc
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yet the govt said the economy is recovering or has recovered. everybody queuing up to increase price!!
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You can always make your views heard in the upcoming General Elections
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Well , no government has been truthful to it's people...true 100% transparency...Originally posted by dragg:yet the govt said the economy is recovering or has recovered. everybody queuing up to increase price!!
No such thing... -
not expecting 100% transparency when we dont even have 50%.Originally posted by SMAPLionHeart:Well , no government has been truthful to it's people...true 100% transparency...
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everything is calculated nicely so that the average citizen ends up serving a lifetime of servitude ... unless he happens to be a pig in the animal farm ...
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Many manufacturing industries are moving out from Singapore to more competitives countries in the region. The GDP and consequently the economy of the country are taking a hit. The Integrated Resort plan could be viewed upon as some kind of desperate last-ditch effort by the government to revive the economy.
Singapore's heyday is over. The authorities could post all kinds of statistics to show improvement, but one only sees more empty factories and more local workers losing jobs to lower-cost countries. Perhaps Singapore has grown too fast, so fast that the less-costly neighbours have, in comparison, become attractive to foreign investors. -
Originally posted by snow leopard:
... and does not have "Snowball" for his name.
everything is calculated nicely so that the average citizen ends up serving a lifetime of servitude ... unless he happens to be a pig in the animal farm... -
it's not difficult to see the difficult times we are in and the potential economic benefits that the casino can bring. the problem is, for as long as anyone can remember, we have been told one thing only to find out that it actually means another. cultural representation in the GRC sense turns out to be a buy one get three free scheme. honesty in leadership costs us millions every month. so i'm not sure when they claim to be bringing in the whale for us, they are not actually feeding off us small shrimps.
in any case, i think our situation can be likened to that of a highly paid technician whose boss has decided to employ someone cheaper. one way is to enhance our skillsets and productivity so that we justify our higher pay. but there's a fundamental limit of how much we can set ourselves apart from the rest of the field because if you look at our competitors, we're essentially of the same stock - same strengths so to speak.
the other way is to become bosses ourselves. if we have the technical know-how (which we don't), we can develop and market our own products and and employ our competitors instead, thus turning a competitive disadvantage into a competitive advantage.
the problem is we have not reached that level to become bosses ourselves and i feel this is the real jump we must make now in order to reach the next rung that the developed world currently sits. most of the developed nations are there because they have the technology / branding to create premium products well sought after all over the world.
there's a lot of hope directed at our young ones who will supposedly become more creative and achieve what we couldn't. however, regardless of how much idealism we inject into them, when they step into the reality of society, they would still be faced with the same bureaucratic inertia that is preventing dreams from being realised. ultimately, a pragmatic society like ours have little place for dreams and whatever hopes we may cherish or talents we possess are to be constrained within the limits of the choices available to us. -
Next time you start family. See ERS, Rebates, NSS enough or not ? Then you tell meOriginally posted by shade343:You forget that the government also gives us money...in terms of ERS/Rebates/etc etc
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i feel singapore is getting better, the casino open also give many chance and opportunity.
me still planning to start own businese soon, now buying van and laptop.
i dont have high education, i never hope i live condo or having 6k/month or 5-days work. i even plan i will only bring home $1000 or lesser this year. but i have faith my earning will increase .
even after 10year, if i suay suay only have $1500 per month, then i will lead a life of $1500, but if i success , got 4-5k then i will lead 4-5k life.
economy never dead, only people will dead. -
For every cent they give you, they take back so much more. Try looking at the trend, everytime they give you some tidbits in the form of ERS/Rebates/NSS/etc, watch what happens after that. suddenly some tax will increase, etc. And the few cents they give you is not enough to cover back the increases.Originally posted by shade343:You forget that the government also gives us money...in terms of ERS/Rebates/etc etc -
Every singaporeans knows, except the government. The government should admit it so that the whole nation can unite and work together as one just like the good old times during the SARS crisis.Originally posted by Tuatau:Many manufacturing industries are moving out from Singapore to more competitives countries in the region. The GDP and consequently the economy of the country are taking a hit. The Integrated Resort plan could be viewed upon as some kind of desperate last-ditch effort by the government to revive the economy.
Singapore's heyday is over. The authorities could post all kinds of statistics to show improvement, but one only sees more empty factories and more local workers losing jobs to lower-cost countries. Perhaps Singapore has grown too fast, so fast that the less-costly neighbours have, in comparison, become attractive to foreign investors.
Sad to say, instead of doing so, they are trying to project a image of economy recovery. This greatly diversified the interest of the nation. Companies took advantage of this virtual economy recovery to increase profits while poor citizens struggled just to have their belts tightened. This move by the government had obviously unchained and loosened the bonding and unity of the nation. Therefore instead of being united to achieve a common objective, we are like what the Chinese say "Yi Pan San Sha" (A plate of scattered sand).
Whose fault ?