Why are people angry with the slightest things that happen e.g.
NKF, tiffs of our ministers with neighbouring countries, ministers'
benchmarking of their salaries to top earners in the private sector
?
It is not because people cannot let them run the country based on
trust or cannot afford to pay the ministers more but it is
basically because of hypocrisy.
People are not that stupid in seeing on hindsight that for the past
40 years government has frequently used tactics like instilling
fears of all kinds like need of leadership, talent, and avoidance
of welfarism.
What do they see after past 40 years of fear tactics. Do their
lives become better and better or their saving and retirements
improve or do they come across more problems?
After paying more and more fee increases and more taxes based on
such tactics like fears the government is seen to be only
interested in getting the HDB to make extra profits and building up
government surpluses to enable ministers to ask for more pays and
spend on projects which benefit the foreigners.
People may get disillusioned and do not believe the government
especially after another round of their own salary icnreases while
the ordinary citizens are suffering dropping wages with many free
lunches enjoyed by the favoured connections.
Thus today people do not care for the leadership tallk or the
danger of welfarism, or losing talents.
People want more freedom and the government to stop all the
hypocrisy and practising a system of over-taxing or recovering all
possible costs and accumulate taxes to form surpluses which do not
benefit them except for election goodies.
People want real talents who could understand their needs and
aspirations which is to have jobs and improving wages and not the
constant talks about leadership and talents.
They want government to give equal opportunities to all - small as
well as big businesses and lowering of costs of living caused by
GLCs monopoly and profiteering.
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