With GLCs making much on govt serv, govt can lower costs
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A long long time ago, in the name of avoiding welfarism government has already set up many GLCs to take over provisions of essential government services from medicare to postal, housing, transportations and utilities etc, with the intention to reduce their liability for provisions of government services.
Thus the same government which keeps telling people about the danger of welfarism has no longer provided anything to the citizens as it has largely farmed out provisions of such services originally paid under taxes back to the citizens.
Such government linked companies charge monopoly fees like the transport and utility companies to cover their costs of operations plus making of a profit. These profits are being used to reduce government costs and enrich the state coffers as well as to pay ministers and civil servants higher salaries and bonuses.
If all these back-charging of costs through GLCs are taken into account, citizens in effect are paying much more than taxes to support the government.
Instead of showing surpluses and profits from government linked companies, land sale profits from URA and HDB, ministers still keep increasing taxes and making more profits to justify paying themselves more and spending on extravagant seven wonders.
It is using peopleÂ’s monies to self-reward their own scholars and connection in many GLCs instead of passing profits back to the people. It is denying responsibility of helping the citizens who have been paying all kinds of costs unnecessarily on top of the taxes.
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For this to happen, wait long long also will never happen...
The average and lower income Singaporeans are all driven like water buffaloes in the fields....
... and amazingly, there are still 66.6% who doesn't mind being worked like Water Buffaloes...
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yes, i am aware of all this.
how do we get majority of singaporean to share this common awareness.
you have to give ruling party in the sense that :
1. they could brainwash majority of singaporeans to believe and be willing muppets.
2. they monopolise and cleanwash the opposition to its almost non-existence.
3. they could convince the west that Kim Jong Ill type of management + capitalism can infact go hand in hand.
4. GLC, Unions are under the control of the ruling party.
i watch the telecast of birth of singapore and LKY. LKY had indeed come a long way, but somehow i miss those scenerio where strong unions could go face to face with the govt. Ppl who dare to voice out in public and media that wont shy away from poltical interview and news. -
Water Buffaloes are good for labour, they don't think, just work. That's why the poor gets poorer and the rich gets richer.Originally posted by HyperFocal:For this to happen, wait long long also will never happen...
The average and lower income Singaporeans are all driven like water buffaloes in the fields....
... and amazingly, there are still 66.6% who doesn't mind being worked like Water Buffaloes... -
The rich are becoming richer and the poor are becoming poorer. Eveyone is competing to be the best in their catagory.
So do you think that those people (in the GGG and PPP) who are competing to be richer will give up their goal and race with the poor. Fat Hope -
just waiting to see what happens at next GE.....
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It a very familiar phase.... heard it before the previous GE...Originally posted by de_middle:just waiting to see what happens at next GE.....
But there are still walk over... It will most likely remain status quote for the next 20 years