If we are to call ourselves a first world country, then we
shouldn't still have people making less than $7/hr. (I based that
on the average price of fastfood meal).
its a disgrace, when you see on tv programmes such as
"Undercover Boss", an American cleaner is finding that her
USD$14/hr is not enough, while here we are paying cleaners
$500-600/month.
You would be surprised to know that majority of the people in US are living
with heavy mortgage . and US is not a first world country ?
unfortunately "first-world-country" is not measure by that . it is
more of the Infrastructure, the Economy state of the country as a
whole, GDP, et cetera . it was never individual .
and why should such low-paying jobs even exists in Singapore?
Yes, i understand that some pay is better than no pay. but i
believe that our salary should also be able to sustain a basic
level of living.
Because we dont have robots to our clean septic
tanks yet . rhetorical .
Most local workers in these extremely low-paying jobs come from
the elderly population, where they do not have much financial
commitment. i.e. their houses are fully paid for/ living with
children, and they only have to pay for food and utility etc.
but, what about people who still have heavy financial burden on
their backs? People who still need to pay off their housing
mortgages/ rental? Thanks to the rise in HDB prices and the
popularity of 30yr housing loans, most people fall into this
category.
Based on market rental price, the rent for a bedroom is around
$500/month.
Look for a better job . everything starts from our
education . nowadays parents are planning very hard for their
children because good parents know how hard it is for their child
to survive when he grew up later on . some even started teaching
them lessons when they are still inside the womb thru music and
stuff . imagine . competition starts ever since they were being
conceived by their parents .
thus, it is financially impossible
for an average person to survive on a pay of less than $800
take-home a month on a permanent basis, without dipping into his
savings.
exceptions: unless you are willing to live in a workers dorm for
the rest of your life, living a really spartan existence.
The FWs who come to spore to work, only have to endure a few
years of hardship, and after that, they will head back for a better
life in their hometown. But for singaporeans, there is no other
hometowns to return to, so the suffering will be for forever.
Hence, obviously, this form of job creation is unsustainable.
Most of them also stay . and become permanent residents
. get married and become citizens . a lot of singaporeans who went
overseas to study also stay oversea and never return . some would
thou . but only a few .
Not every job requires education. A kopitiam auntie doesnt need
a degree right ? Not everyone has the means to afford education,
and even when you have edcuation, you can have a ''cheaper and
better'' FT replacing you. Abit idealistic here eh ?
