Originally posted by the Bear:
*$&#^ lah..
if the gabrament does something right, you want to condemn them also?
sheesh!!
give credit where it is due.. give vilification where it is due too!
by condemning everything or looking for excuses to condemn them, you lose whatever little credibility you have...
just like CSJ crying wolf, after a while, no one listens and your livestock will get eaten..
a lot of you opposition worshippers are just like little children.. "he not my friend so i don't friend him.. i must be against him"
sheesh!
Let us all citizens see the success story as it is - how substantial and how much was the real success !!!
Has the government corrected its wrong policies to make themselves more accountable like the ERP or taxing and charging for every thing to increase surpluses or make profits or paying their higher and higher salaries or stopping all the NKF malpractices?
Will you bet the temporary economic recover will remain or is it a hype of superficial success which will be blown over once the world conditions change again?
Think again. Read the overview of our governing system in the Little Red Dot.
THE LITTLE RED DOT
In the east was a little red dot,
Small and scarce of resource,
So leaders said to citizens,
They needed leadership,
For progress and prosperity,
Alas men were the same for centuries,
Once given opportunities as leaders,
Forgot missions and solemn promises,
Started talking of own leadership,
Belittled freedoms in democracy,
Began to suppress citizens with iron fist,
Practiced hypocrisy disguised in democracy,
Tweaked election into block representation GRC,
Entrenched themselves without voting,
Controlled legislature, and judiciary,
Civil defamation to rid political foes,
Made puppet of MPs and Ministers,
By such rule of their own laws,
Whole parliament became yes-men,
No one dare to question policies,
Unquestioned rulers enrich themselves,
Paid themselves the highest salaries,
Not by prior contract of service,
But comparing themselves to lucky few,
CEOs and entrepreneurs who succeeded in life,
Due to their own investment or talents,
Like winning grand lottery prizes,
Surpassed president's of United States,
Rulers said they needed such talents
As themselves to prevent corruptions,
No mention of honesty, integrity, or service,
The leaders enriched themselves with self-rewards,
Bonuses, life pensions, director fees,
Even double pay for retiring while working,
Promises made of economic restructuring,
Or motivation of citizens' abilities,
Problems dismissed like rising costs of living,
As due to factors beyond leaders' control,
So men never changed for centuries,
They talked leadership and talents,
But more interested in power and monies,
People were left without hope,
Promised better lives only pipe dream,
Squeezed and taxed unable to survive,
Surpluses lost on Shin Corp and Barclay,
Or spent to buy votes with election goodies,
To pacify the restless peasant rebel,
Goodies were given before election day,
So elections became no contests,
People only voted the ruling party,
No sooner was election over than,
Than all goodies quickly taken back,
By GST and fees to pay their own salaries
Taxes not enough but schemes after schemes,
Of privatization to pay their own kind,
As rewards for loyalty or connection,
To keep the whole autocracy survive,
To exert control and suppress the people,
So low cost housing was made affordable,
By higher market price less a discount,
Called cheek-in-tongue market subsidy,
To protect their own greed and interests,
Rulers turned the newspapers into mouth-piece,
Reported good news and avoided bad ones,
Daily horror stories drummed into citizens
Selective statistics to portray past success,
Never a breath of wrongs in NKF,
Never question their own malpractices,
Till people were enraged with charity monies,
Spent on golden taps for own elites,
Little red dot stagnated without motivation,
Recessions came and went with no solution,
With no economic restructuring,
People had to suffer cuts of wage and CPF,
Businesses closed due to poor conditions,
The only solution is to open flood gate,
To import cheaper foreign labor,
In disgrace ruler broke his own oath,
Never to gamble except over his own dead body,
As final resort to economic restructuring,
Fortunate the world economy reovered,
So at the first sign of recovery,
Quick to campaign on own leadership as success,
By denying problems and hushing up NKFs,
By relegating losses as long-term investments,
People still hurting from recessions,
Business still suffer due to poor conditions,
But blamed on people for lack of skills,
For globalization or China or India factors,
Poor workers' wages dropped to the third,
To dissuade citizens from rallies,
Due to rising costs of living or medical care,
Iron-fisted laws were passed to declare,
No speeches or gathering of 5 in public,
Unable to account for people's own surpluses,
Or losses on Shin Corp or Barclay,
People stopped from withdrawing retirement savings,
Again and again hypocrisy after hypocrisy,
Like to cope with longer lives,
Retirements forfeited to longevity insurance,
This is the inside story of little red dot,
Judge for yourself denizens of the world,
Would you be made to pay all your life,
To keep leaders who scheme,
Wo tax and double tax for profits,
For faked success, with such hypocrisy,
On the outside all look good,
But inside the people ever suffering,
From want, suppressions and deprivations,
Even their age-old retirements forfeited,
For leaders' own greed and self-glory,
Look closely for red stain below the MRT.
Fancy will you tell such rulers of self,
As success story passing as great haven.