The rest I dun wan to say lah huh. The statement in red is
contributed by:
1. Buy a car when you dun need a car. Using Public transport is
expensive, yes but so much cheaper than a car.
2. Buying 42 inch LCD when a 32 inch can do the job.
3. Eat at restaurants when coffeeshop food can do the job.
4. Go for holidays when complaining about economic
recession.
5. Buy IT products, plenty of them, when complaining abt
economic recession.
6. Night spots are still full of people when complaining abt
economic recession.
7. *fill in your own statements abt singaporeans spending
habits* while complaining abt economic recession.
After Singaporeans do all these things, they look at the money
left and then complain that they have very little spending power
because they dun have any more money left...but maybe thats because
they are spending more than they can afford to? Then stil wana
blame others?
And anyway i dun think groceries in places like OZ and NZ is
cheaper. Some things expensive, some things cheaps. Beef is cheap
in NZ but the chickens are bloody expensive. So whats the key
message? In singapore I eat more chicken. In NZ i eat a lot of
beef, one principle, BUY what you can afford.
Your spending power is determined by what you BUY not what you
want.
When I say "spending power" it means "disposable income" in
economic terms. The calculations don't have any behavioural
bias (like want to buy car, condo, dine in restaurants, holidays,
etc). It just shows you how much a person would have left
after Income Taxes and GST.
I hope you can understand. 
A waiter in Australia gets AU$26,865 (after income taxes
and GST), while a Singapore waiter gets SG$11,160 (after income taxes and GST).
***Should be SG$11,160 not $1,000,
perhaps this is the part for the confusion with with Stevenson101,
my fault, was busy monitoring the aircon service technician
and posting.
If both person have similar spending habits, then the person in
Australia still can afford more things than the person in
Singapore. Get it?
Why is there such a large difference? Singapore has a higher GDP
per Capita to Australia and US.
Why?
