Originally posted by maurizio13:
"[b]Carol John, 27, doesn't own a bed. Every night she
sleeps on thin mattresses which she shares with her three young
children. Outside her one-room flat, a smell of sewage lingers in
the common corridor.
Just a few kilometers away, on Singapore's Sentosa island,
Madhupati Singhania relaxes on his US$435,000 yacht berthed at the
city-state's swanky One 15 Marina Club.
Income inequality is nothing new in free-market Singapore, but two
years of blistering economic growth and a government policy of
attracting wealthy expatriates have created a new class of
super-rich, while a string of price increases for everything from
bread to bus fares have made life harder for the poor.
"I can't save anything, it's so difficult for me," John
told Reuters. John, who is unemployed, relies on her husband's
S$600 (US$420) monthly salary and a S$100 government
handout. "
This kind of explains the level of your logic.
You have wasted your parent's money furthering your education
overseas.
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You obviously still haven't gotten over our previous engagement.
Kan Kai Yi Dian Ba.
