The government simply fails to understand logic. If it does not want
hand-out then it should not over-burden the ordinary citizens by
over-taxing and over-charging.
It is a simple logic that citizens should not depend on welfare or hand-out.
There is however an even simpler but often forgotten logic - if you do
not hand out do not over-tax or over-charge the people and let them
live with their own means.
Practise a low-tax regime like HK and keep all prices reasonable
especially low cost housing, basic food items, medical care, utility
and transportation.
Worse is to set up all the GLCs and get GLCs to charge monopolistic prices as seen happening in housing, medicare and utility.
Government makes billions out of housing and double-charging on lands
and infrastructure and yet has the hypocrisy or temerity to talk
constantly about no free lunch when its ministers keep increasing their
own salaries and taking free lunches by the millions.
Government should re-examine such basis principle of government and go
back to basic if it wants to grow a more cosmopolitan and competitive
economy to keep up with Hong Kong and many others.
Stop squeezing more monies from people and stop the hypocrisy in its
propaganda about no free lunch and stop making such obscene hidden
profits on the quiet to impoverish the many hapless and struggling
citizens.
... so far, the fark you think they will heed advises like yours???
... the only thing that will make them wake up is people voting them out the next GE!!!
When they overcharge Singaporeans, most dont know and are in happy bliss.
When they receive the goodie bags, they are so happy....forgetting that the lamb furs comes from the lambs themselves...
I am sure we can hear more praises from the states times soon.
I prefer gahmen dont give handout, give little bit then they say gahmen help u ppl, and u ppl not grateful ask again hong bao and all that.. remember PM said donations must have conditions attached, meaning u take from them, u must vote pap
I don't want hand-outs.. I want to be able to vote them in
and fire them when they no longer do a good job.
No need to wait so many years for the next election.
" Mr. Lee HL.. You're FIRED"
Jojobeach,
What you have said is the birth right of every citizen. Down here citizens' right to elect the government from the best individuals of passion and talents and leadership is not possible because the government has lost all the original visions of a good government we have shouted for as a people during merdeka. Why? Because once people are elected to power and people became naive to acept propaganda without questioning the leaders with good and independent views on roles and responsibility of government leaders became bolder and bolder and will pass all sorts of laws to increase their powers and ignore the people's needs. Today people are suffering gladly because of their own naivety to accept all such propagandas and nonsense. By using propaganda like "rule of law", "racial harmony", "freedom of press is lawlessness", "yes-men are million-dollar talents" "foreign talents create jobs" "small and resourceless island", "meritocracy equal opportunity", "no free lunch" we the people have been deceived into making men gods who accordingly uses excuses to increase their power by passing all sorts of power to rid of their oppositions, control all the MPs into yes-men and circumvent and elliminate all of such citizens' rights. Without citizens' exercise such right through the public media or holding of protests to express their needs we will continue to be governed by rogue government.
Citizens should be allowed to do their part as well. If non-PAP citizens have complaints / concerns / good ideas, they should drop SDP or WP or SDA an email.
Why couldn't SDP, WP and SDA combine and form a stronger opposition party ?
Why can't the people free themselves from these tyrannical beasts?