Stop hypocrisy in Parl - solve problems e.g. rising cost
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The parliament is yet having another debates on rising costs etc. What can we people expect from another sessions of wayang kulit?
Ask any young ministers like Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan who was in charge of remaking Singapore committee at one time to do something about the perpetual rising costs as I have done at one Annual Remaking Singapore Conference held at Suntec, his answer is "There are many types of costs, the fixed cost and variable cost.
In this way he conveniently side-step the main issues by simply saying that the government has not control over costs etc to avoid the problem.
Instead he asked the people subsequently: "Do you have any solutions to rising cost problem?" (As if people are paid to do his job) He would add: "We will study them"
Actually solution is quite straighforward such as the following:-
(1) Do not always go up, when costs come down, to pass back saving
(2) Outsource all services to private sector firms in non-critical areas.
(3) Do not double-tax e.g. HDB's charging on land twice.(Land acquisition paid by citizens and charging on land via sale of HDB), Vehicle Excise duty, Petrol Tax, COE, ERP.
(4) What go up when come down must come down e.g. Petrol tax should be removed with taxing by COE and ERP.
(5) What go up behind must reveal to all - no profiteering on lands and assets through corporatizing to GLCs as citizens already paid infrastructures. GLCs should not charge on lands and assets again.
(6) Annual budget especially in proposal to increase taxes or GST must include full accounts showing profits made by all departments and capital gains from all departments including GLCs, HDB, URA. The hidden surpluses by HDB, URA for period 1900-2000 came to S$20,000,000,000.00. Is this necessary to hoard monies of citizens just to claim superficial success or worse for spending on Suzhou, Shin Corp or be wasted on NKF malpractices.
The younger ministers do not seem to understand the root causes affecting citizens' perpetual rising costs. Many families with income of S$1,000.00 are paying more than half of their income on bus fares, utilities, education and medical care.
More families are breaking up due to such squeeze by rising costs with the government championing for all the monopoly GLCs to increase their costs all the time year after year.
If we have indeed the true talents among our ministers we should have solved such a straightforward problem long ago.
What keep the ministers and MPs from raising root causes and root issues affecting rising costs?
I could not think of any other reason than the hedonism or worship of the golden calf as posted in another thread.
They were there sitting pretty in parliament just for wayang kulit to protect their own career in the autocracy which needs compliant men to embolden autocracy self-serving agenda to cling to power.
Let us find true talents like Sim Kee Boon who could take control of overall complex problems and issues and deal with them quietly without justifications or excuses and produce results acceptable to all.
I will be waiting for the next parliament debates to see if we have such Sim Kee Boons. -
Perhaps, you & along with all others who attended should re-direct the subject back on track should the word-twisting minister/s side-tracks...
And perhaps you & the others were all too mild and did not pursue the topic and or question/s at hand?
In future, when more than 50% of population are converted citizens from various nations, they'd be the ones who are far more vocal & direct... they shall mint no words before these tyrants... -
please see the cost of commodities rising like it's going out of fashion before your usual frog-in-a-well rant..
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well, you won't see the PM quitting after the debates so live with it. Anyway there isn't much they can do as all goods are afterall imported and subjected to global cost.
it's just spending some "useful" time discussing about peasants rising cost.
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In a big conference like that one, attended by 2000 delegates, there is no chance to ask question least of all another follow-up question.Originally posted by HyperFocal:Perhaps, you & along with all others who attended should re-direct the subject back on track should the word-twisting minister/s side-tracks...
And perhaps you & the others were all too mild and did not pursue the topic and or question/s at hand?
In future, when more than 50% of population are converted citizens from various nations, they'd be the ones who are far more vocal & direct... they shall mint no words before these tyrants...
I asked the first question "How in the remaking of Singapore would you tackle the rising costs of living affecting all Singaporeans"
The mike was quickly shifted to the next questioner after my question. So it has been a one-way session really with no chance of follow-up to fault his avoidance of the main issues. -
I believe that's their whole point; overwhelm the real inquisitors with many other trivial inquisitors...Originally posted by robertteh:In a big conference like that one, attended by 2000 delegates, there is no chance to ask question least of all another follow-up question.
I asked the first question "How in the remaking of Singapore would you tackle the rising costs of living affecting all Singaporeans"
The mike was quickly shifted to the next questioner after my question. So it has been a one-way session really with no chance of follow-up to fault his avoidance of the main issues. -
ItÂ’s too late even if Sim Kee Boon can rise from the grave.
Accumulated public over-expenditure over many years could have cause a countryÂ’s public debt to balloon. This problem happens in many countries. Somebody has to pay the debt. Who else is better the tax payers to pay the debt?
Some countries will at the same time cut the expenditure to reduce taxation or even dip into the savings, the foreign reserves. But our MM Lee says foreign reserves are for the rainy days.
The only way to allay the fear of the worried citizens is to open the books for public scrutiny. I mean, what's there to fear? People are willing to forgive if the wrong doers admit their mistakes, even though the mistakes may be terrible. -
Should ask the ministers to join mediacorp.
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How come lightning does not strike bad people on the head? aye, wrong post ah. hee hee..
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Where are the money from the tax payer and CPF goes? It is almost the rainy day soon, time to use the reserves to save the poor.Originally posted by googoomuck:ItÂ’s too late even if Sim Kee Boon can rise from the grave.
Accumulated public over-expenditure over many years could have cause a countryÂ’s public debt to balloon. This problem happens in many countries. Somebody has to pay the debt. Who else is better the tax payers to pay the debt?
Some countries will at the same time cut the expenditure to reduce taxation or even dip into the savings, the foreign reserves. But our MM Lee says foreign reserves are for the rainy days.
The only way to allay the fear of the worried citizens is to open the books for public scrutiny. I mean, what's there to fear? People are willing to forgive if the wrong doers admit their mistakes, even though the mistakes may be terrible. -
A very good and timely warning not to over-spend on golden calf self-rewards and 7 wonders.Originally posted by googoomuck:ItÂ’s too late even if Sim Kee Boon can rise from the grave.
Accumulated public over-expenditure over many years could have cause a countryÂ’s public debt to balloon. This problem happens in many countries. Somebody has to pay the debt. Who else is better the tax payers to pay the debt?
Some countries will at the same time cut the expenditure to reduce taxation or even dip into the savings, the foreign reserves. But our MM Lee says foreign reserves are for the rainy days.
The only way to allay the fear of the worried citizens is to open the books for public scrutiny. I mean, what's there to fear? People are willing to forgive if the wrong doers admit their mistakes, even though the mistakes may be terrible.