Quote:And for those who sing praises of the way Singapore is governed or how they wish their governments back home ran their countries in the same manner – let’s put this reply to them : Ask an expatriate... would they tolerate a PM like Lee Hsien Loong running their country? However when you challenge, rebut or inform them about the reality on the ground, and then ask them if they are prepared to accept the same terms back in their home lands, the answer again is almost invariably that they would not tolerate such policies. No such thing as locking away your pension funds and limiting the amount you can take out, or returning it piecemeal with monthly instalments. No such thing as runaway skyrocketing public housing (not private) that runs into several hundred thousands, which you can only pay with your pension funds until 55, thereafter you have to come up with the cash or wait until 62 before the Govt ‘rebuys or let’s you sell the flat’ and forces you into tiny pigeon hole apartments which you must purchase for over $100k with no instalments allowed. They also will not tolerate rising costs of basic amenities like utilities, transport and healthcare, when the stat boards running them are turning in millions in profits each year. They do not appreciate GST at 7% with a potential to go further up. They do not accept GRC systems in their general elections. They do not accept a restricted press. They do not accept laws that provide detention without trial. They do not accept stifling laws that are geared to extract monies from citizens. They do not accept the logic that the world’s highest paid Ministers demand that you support them at the polling booth or risk having your estate upgrading go to the bottom of the queue. They don’t accept the Govt treating them like kids and demanding you come up with ideas to rebut them (which they will ignore anyway), when it’s they who are paid to do that very job. They don’t accept the Govt or civil service becoming like masters and not servants of the public. They will also not accept foreigners coming to take jobs that their children could have worked in because these foreigners are prepared to accept even below 50% of what the locals need in order to survive. And they don’t accept conscription or reservist duty that impedes their children’s chances in getting or staying in a job. And the list can go on further.
Posted on: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 01:04:52 +0000
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