Be selective in comparison with worse problems elsewhere each time there is a problem, anyone could easily get away with from solving problems.
Who do not want to be ministers ? As ministers do not have to solve problems.
By selectively benchmarking ministers' salaries to the successful few bosses in their business world, MM Lee was able to give ministers bill gate's or Li Ka Shing's salaries while Durai who took the same salaries by similar comparisons will be charged for doing the same. This is the rule of law in Singapore, by what he has told the International Conference of Lawyers recently.
This he told the International Conference of Lawyers is rule of law.
Be selectively quoting chapters and verses and he could conclude people's own retirement savings are government funds and should be distributed to support the ageing population problem which he could deny by selective quotations.
MM Lee is the greatest selective talent of the century (see the Little Red Dot)