Well, it is their intention to only "lessen the impact of the
GST hike and help Singaporeans cope with it."
They have already stated their intention, which is exactly what
you have described. However, at the current moment, the poor do
seems to get more benefits.
true, but my point is that these benefits are just another
temperory gasp of air for the poor .....
for the educated, professional classes, yes, wages have been
steadily rising ... but the lower middle classes are the real
people feeling the pinch .... rising bus fares, rising food costs,
rising GSTs, rising health care costs .... many do not have any
private savings at all ... it is also the lower middle classes that
are feeling the most pinch from foreign competition, migrants from
third world shit holes treating singapore as a pit-stop towards a
better life elsewhere, transients unencumbered by CPF contributions
willing to work for wages at which no singaporean with a wife and
kids and a flat can take on ....
the powers-that-be are getting too long in the tooth, it's time
for them to go .....
