“All governments have an implicit social contract which
involves protecting and caring for their people, and the provision
of social welfare services is one of the ways in which it is
honoured.”
It is the duty of the government of the day to care for the
citizens who voted for them into office especially the needy, the
poor and the destitute.
Demanding that the government fulfill its obligations to the
people by provision of basic welfare services is not tantamount to
promulgating a welfare state as the PAP has always want us to
believe.
Singaporeans have been misled by the state media over the years
to believe that “welfare” is a dirty word which will bring us down
the slippery slope leading to ever rising taxes to fund the welfare
programmes.
Read full article here:
http://wayangparty.com/2008/12/18/will-the-pap-allow-singaporeans-to-review-its-welfare-system/