Vote now in a CNA poll on annuities!!

last SG · 2007-10-28T22:51:15+00:00

The survey seems to have disappeared even from the archives. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/discussion/

Rock^Star SG

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/

Left hand side column.

maurizio13 SG

783 disagree with compulsory annuity, while 118 agrees.

Laughing

I haven't the slightest doubt that the government media will come up with overwhelming support for the compulsory annuity when reported on the news.

Rock^Star SG

The govt will then say: "Our citizens do not understand the nature of this longevity scheme enough, an explanation will be neccesary when the time comes."

Deep below, they think: "These peasants do not understand the nature of this annuity scheme enough, an explanation will suffice when the time comes."

ndmmxiaomayi SG

For greater poll accuracy, please vote only once.
As a vote has already been cast from your computer,
subsequent votes will not be counted.

LOL

I haven't even been reading CNA, how the hell did I even vote for it. Like ODEX, the way they track stuffs is really dumb.

Anyway, when this poll ends, I expect some sort of explanation, with perhaps other goodies to entice Singaporeans to buy the annuities bull crap theory.

reddressman SG

CNA. You got to be kidding.

Who is manning the server data?

scarly that kenna erased 'accicdentally' due to 'act of gawd'. how? how then u see the data ? get wat i mean? Rolling Eyes

CNA....u got be really pulling me legs! Laughing

reddressman SG

From this site click that link go into that site. Got any ‘linkage’ or not?

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Boxed up in red.

Can see?

GenX SG

well nice there is some poll going on,but well as if the govt will even take the results into consideration.

want to vote,then vote during election time,vote for the oppostion (if they are worthy),vote this kinda poll where got use.Want to vote must vote on something that really count,vote for more suitable people to get into govt and slowly change the political arena.But well as it is most people will be the 66.6% then complain after elections over....

reddressman SG

Once a person understands the sg situation , we should know how to react.

I have no time for the polls. I try not to waste time on things not meaningful to me. I try to spend time on more meaningful things like sleeping.

TheGoodEarth SG

Seems like the CPF annuity issue will not go away. Like everything that touches on one's money, $ense and $ensibilities get muddled up.
Like I said before: what began as a genuine concern for those who may live beyond certain age but without financial means or support have been over politicised!
For those with substantial CPF balances whether as cash or investments will not feel any pinch. But for those with little cash left when they retire, this meagre sum of money is not going to see them thru many years. For those who are so dead against, have they really worked out a financial plan for their retirement?
All they get worked up are emotions, not hard realities. We can all argue until the cows get mutated to human fools, but if you were to live up to 80s and beyond, do you have the means to take care of your needs when you don't even earn a cent? Where is the income stream coming from?

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Polls reflect the public's view of how things should work, it's not meant to be useless. Unless of course, it's tweaked to suit certain purposes.

Rock^Star SG

Seems that you have wasted a lot of time in sgforum, learning zilch after all the stats that have transpired. Laughing

Amazing really but I'm sure you will continue to amaze the many of us, still. Cool

Rock^Star SG

12% (136) agree with GCT.

88% (1146) disagree with the idea of annuities in the very first place.

maurizio13 SG

Some are just persistent morons, they choose to blindly support the party despite statistics showing contrary results. Nobody can help them to think or be smart, it's hereditary.

Laughing

soul_rage SG

Shout all you want. You ARE the minority. The statistics show that the majority of Singaporeans do not believe in the entire compulsory stuff.

It probably also shows that many Singaporeans are more investment-savvy/retirement-savvy than you, preferring to plan their retirement themselves.

Like I said, if you get yourself cheated by a China girl when you are a dirty old man, serves you right. You are only stupid to get yourself cheated.

qlqq9 SG

As usual, CNA screens comments sent to them. The gahmen may treat this like what they did to the opinions of the public with regard to the IR. After negative feedback, they will still go ahead with the compulsory buying of annuity.

Devil1976 SG

It's a sad story and a sad place.

In order to solve the problems, we could to find the ROOT of the PROBLEMS and 'SOLVE' IT.

FireIce SG

there should be oni 1 choice in the answers

[X] i disagree with compulsory annuities in the first place.

HyperFocal SG

What is there to doubt that they will not, when every media on this land is under their Monopolistic & Authoritarian Control?

The day when they ever agrees to anything the public says, there will be World Peace...

soul_rage SG

The latest stats is 1079 (89%) against versus 138 (11%) for compulsory annuities.

The latest stats show the rate of increase of the people against is much higher than the people for the policy.

I say TheGoodEarth should be a responsible person and learn how to manage his own life, than to sit there, suck his thumb, behave like a baby, and expect the govt to think of ways to take care of him (including preventing him from being cheated by China women when he is a dirty old man (hey, this was the example quoted by him previously in his support for the annuity) by restricting money that is rightfully his)