Under question:
Quality of government
Too many things are currently going wrong, raising doubts on
leadership ability among some Singaporeans. One such view.
Dec 24, 2008
Don't Shake Hands, Hold Fingers! Or Are We Not Paying Our Ministers
Enough?
Feed Me To The Fish
"You know, the cure for all this talk is really a good dose of
incompetent government. You get that alternative and you'll never
put Singapore together again: Humpty Dumpty cannot be put together
again...and your asset values will be in peril, your security will
be at risk and our women will become maids in other people's
countries, foreign workers.' -- MM Lee, justifying pay hikes for
Singapore ministers, The Straits Times, 5 April 2007.
Assets in all classes are in peril. Some already valueless and
dead. Where security is concerned, Mas Selamat still jalan. Are we
having a good dose of the medicine now?
I saw the above video and I realised we should not have reduced
their bonus and should pay them more. It's a bloody mistake! If we
do not want a good dose of incompetent government, we jolly well
pay and pay!
Incompetence does creep in when they are under paid.
After Dr Teo Ho Pin telling me I should be grateful and the show
& tell by Khaw Boon Wan on Town Councils' investment debacle,
we are now witnessing Minister Raymond Lim, Chairman of PAP
Manifesto Committee at work.
When he finger-pointingly tells me that I have to pay 8.5% GST to
get a completely free bus and MRT service, it seems interesting and
threatening at the same time.
The way he tells me that I either have to pay more as a commuter or
a tax payer to help the fat cats profiteer shows how stupid we can
be. Yes! Either way, we pay! I wonder if transport companies are
like town councils. Do they need to build a sinking fund to dabble
in toxic investment too?
Another observation:
Was he shaking the hands of residents of MacPherson constituency or
residents of MacPherson Aids/HIV Halfway House? The way he shook
the hands of the residents speaks volume of how busy he is or how
clean residents' hands are? Or is "finger touching" a new form of
greeting in uniquely Singapore?
How can we "bersatu padu bergerak maju or stay together move ahead"
from bottom up if we keep talking down and dumbing down the
peasants? According to some culture, it's bloody rude to keep
pointing your index finger down at people too.
I guess the millions we are paying our ministers now is not even
enough to teach them the rudiments of good manners.
Maybe to them, we are morons, happy morons, after all!
I guess the old saying is still true. We pay peanuts, we get
monkeys.
Obscene peanuts = obscene monkeys!
How can we stay together and move ahead when every time we "Quah
tio zin, tio pai. Quah tio ter, tio tai"? Roughly translated: See
god, pray. See pig, slaughter?
Let's be kind to animals!
feedmetothefish.
seems like the more we pay them the worse they
become!
Anybody living in MacPherson and saw how Raymond shake hand? Was he
really so disgusting to only touch fingers instead of shaking
hands?
