$888 for a box of mooncakes?
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you mean casinos don't employ people?Originally posted by walesa:This is the finest case of self-contradiction I've seen in a long time. You deserve a nomination for the Nobel Prize in stupidity...
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Originally posted by Mat Toro:
who are u to tell them where they shld spend their money? doesn't tat sound so familiar, doesn't it remind u of your money being locked away in CPF so the govt can now take care of your old age with your old money?
there are recreations. some cost more, some cost less. poor people shld not spend so much, period.Originally posted by Mat Toro:
not govt's fault? do u speak for the govt? dun wan to help still wan to chup so much?
senseless people will indulge in gambling and drinking. thats not govt's fault.
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oh wait wait..............Originally posted by Mat Toro:you mean casinos don't employ people?Originally posted by Mat Toro:
there are recreations. some cost more, some cost less. poor people shld not spend so much, period.Originally posted by Mat Toro:
so rich ppl who have the means to indulge in drinking and gambling while doing their job well and earning a lot are senseless?
senseless people will indulge in gambling and drinking. thats not govt's fault.
u're not making sense to me. u're just being narrow minded and doing a 'hit-and-run'. -
if thats the case i suggest you go make a booking.Originally posted by Mat Toro:Thats good. $350 goes to GST to help poor people. -
sure, but you won't be invited.Originally posted by dragg:if thats the case i suggest you go make a booking. -
there are recreations. some cost more, some cost less. poor people shld not spend so much, period.
>> I wasn't refering to the POOR
senseless people will indulge in gambling and drinking. thats not govt's fault.
>> No supply no influence
nope. you need to pay $200 to enter casino. the poor won't go.
if govt don't make casino, there will be even more poor people.
>> Again, the poor wasn't referenced, then again, what's to stop the poor from borrowing to enter a Casino? And, how sure are we that the casinos will hire locals and the poor for that matter? -
It's always like that one lah... last sunday night go geylang makan... half an hour 4 old uncle and aunty stopped at my table and beg for money to buy food...
Everytime, we just ask them to take a pair of chopstick and eat with us... and they walk away... -
Originally posted by HyperFocal:
the poor can borrow money for anything then, including playing aeroplane chess for money. is that the govt's fault?
>> Again, the poor wasn't referenced, then again, what's to stop the poor from borrowing to enter a Casino? And, how sure are we that the casinos will hire locals and the poor for that matter?
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..yes it indirectly is.Originally posted by Mat Toro:the poor can borrow money for anything then, including playing aeroplane chess for money. is that the govt's fault? -
can't believe a govt has to resort to trolling.Originally posted by Mat Toro:the poor can borrow money for anything then, including playing aeroplane chess for money. is that the govt's fault? -
no in fact, i'm disappointed if thats the best the gahmen has to offer for its so called counter-insurgency team on the internet..Originally posted by ^tamago^:can't believe a govt has to resort to trolling.
no wonder they are so desperate to have the oversea scholars back in s'pore... if not they are gonna
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no in fact, i'm disappointed if thats the best the gahmen has to offer for its so called counter-insurgency team on the internet..Originally posted by ^tamago^:can't believe a govt has to resort to trolling.
no wonder they are so desperate to have the oversea scholars back in s'pore... if not they are gonna end up with more 'mat toros' ... -
yu need to send yourself to s psychiatrist.Originally posted by HyperFocal:..yes it indirectly is. -
govt resort to trolling? really? where?Originally posted by ^tamago^:can't believe a govt has to resort to trolling. -
.. I don't see how I may need to see one more than you do...?Originally posted by Mat Toro:yu need to send yourself to s psychiatrist.
in fact, you may need to add a Proctologist to clear what's clogging you up in your cranium... -
I'm not the one blaming govt for everything, you are.
You need to send your head for a check up. forget about your head, I think they need to look for some backbone for you. -
I am not the ONLY one..Originally posted by Mat Toro:I'm not the one blaming govt for everything, you are.
You need to send your head for a check up. forget about your head, I think they need to look for some backbone for you.
And I suggest you take off your Rose Tinted Sunglasses to see the immensely huge crowd of people in this forum, talking you down to the ground... -
Originally posted by Mat Toro:govt resort to trolling? really? where?
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huge crowd? how many are there?Originally posted by HyperFocal:I am not the ONLY one..
And I suggest you take off your Rose Tinted Sunglasses to see the immensely huge crowd of people in this forum, talking you down to the ground... -
figures. numbers. dollars. signs of something oh-so-familiar.Originally posted by Mat Toro:huge crowd? how many are there? -
I hear of some people like that. Please tell us more.Originally posted by Mat Toro:Doing their best and still drink and gamble, thats the problem. -
If you help out with the CDCs, you will see many of these poor who dunno how to manage their money. A financial planning fren of time who volunteered told me about it. I myself met a guy who earns about $1700 per month who drink and gamble regularly and also borrow money from everyone he knows.Originally posted by will4:I hear of some people like that. Please tell us more. -
Never knew to handle money as in anyhow splurging?Originally posted by Mat Toro:If you help out with the CDCs, you will see many of these poor who dunno how to manage their money. A financial planning fren of time who volunteered told me about it. I myself met a guy who earns about $1700 per month who drink and gamble regularly and also borrow money from everyone he knows. -
yes, dunno how to spend and dunno how to save.
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I also met a lot more who don't splurge but still poor.Originally posted by Mat Toro:If you help out with the CDCs, you will see many of these poor who dunno how to manage their money. A financial planning fren of time who volunteered told me about it. I myself met a guy who earns about $1700 per month who drink and gamble regularly and also borrow money from everyone he knows.