What happens when Singapore reaches 6.5 mil population?

• qlqq9

  11 Sep 07, 14:49

  Originally posted by walesa:
  
  
  Evil regime? That's a massive understatement...
  
  Think about it : this is just a modern version of slavery. Through inducing means to enslave you so that you'd be working your life off to service debts and other financial obligations (from mortgages for over-inflated public housing [b]leases conveniently known as "ownerships" to state-induced inflations exponentially outweighing the rate of natural inflation), how could an average middle-income chap, through making an honest living, realistically expect to escape from the clutches of such slavery to attain financial independence?
  
  After all, the only difference between gangsters and this regime is the latter having the constitutional backing to carry out their activities... On the basis of that, it's hard to believe there could actually be bigger organised criminals than rogue governments.[/b]

  Well said. There will be more "robbery" from them. I notice almost every month, they will come out with new policies, nuisance to con money from people.
• eagle

  11 Sep 07, 20:36

  Originally posted by Gazelle:

  a) Then why link GST hike to buying bigger property? Do you think that by reducing GST by 2% a lower income family will be able to upgrade?
  
  b) As far as I know property sales profit will goes into your income tax and income tax have been going down, not up.
  
  c) Yes size of flat has gotten smaller, but the quality and facilities has gotten better. Are you expecting your flat to become 50% smaller when population double?
  
  WHAT if Singaporeans are all as naive as you?
  
  

  a) If you have the comprehension skills to read properly, you would have seen that I grouped everything under the tax category. There was no link whatsoever
  
  b) What I said is what will happen in the future. I'm was not referring to anything at the present. So what if income taxes are going down? Who knows if they will not increase in the future? Your statement does not hold here..
  
  c) The fact is, it has gotten smaller. That was what I said and I'm glad you have now agreed on it. No words in my text ever referred to anything about the quality or facilities. Yes, I do expect flats to be even smaller.
  
  Naive? These are my views. What if Singaporeans are as poor in comprehension as you?