YoungPAP - U all juz JEALOUS

kilua SG

http://youngpapblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/green-eyed-monster.html

The Green Eyed Monster
Posted by Nicholas Lazarus at 6:53 AM

The recent proposal to increase Ministerial and Administrative Officers pay has drawn the usual criticisms about justification of such increases.

From my perspective, the criticisms are not much different from what I hear of my profession.

I am a litigation lawyer in private practice and every now and then I get comments from clients, friends and the like who are wont to say:

Lawyers, Wah! One letter and you charge hundreds of dollars!

Lawyers, talking only can charge so much money!

So easy thing you Lawyers do and can make so much money! Good ah!

Dont need to charge so much, ah! My case very easy lah- only write some letters, ah!

Well, the very easy response that I have is- if its so easy, please do it yourself.

The simple fact is that ours is a specialized profession. We have to study for long hours in the University for 4 years, attend post-graduate courses and undergo pupilage. It takes years of training as a Legal Assistant to stand on your own and conduct cases. This is one of the reasons why there are so few of us out there and why so many young lawyers leave the profession.

We deserve what we earn because every piece of work that we do is done after careful consideration of all possible permutations that are favourable or adverse to our clients. We can do what very few people can. If our services are all that simple, then it is a matter of our clients representing themselves in person. (Which of course they do not because they cannot.)

But more fundamentally, underlying all these comments is the green eyed monster. People just see the money being made (or rather being perceived to being made) by lawyers and belittle us and our efforts due to envy.

Which is why I have a lot of empathy for our Ministers. They do a job that very few people can do and they deserve to be paid accordingly. The question to be asked by the critics of their proposed pay increase is this- are you criticizing because you honestly do not believe that the Ministers are entitled to a pay increase or is it because you are simply envious?

the Bear SG

ahahahahahaha! Laughing

allentyb SG

i already cease from reading this sort of self praise or self applaud comment or statement already

LinYu SG

wait until i also become ministar
Mad Mad Mad

fudgester SG

Damn, I was feeling down from the flu....

... but that sure cracked me up and made me feel so much better. Very Happy

dcx SG

I only pity those people who're old and work long hours under the hot sun and during the midnights to collect cans, cardboards, etc.......

Long hours? Physically stress? Mentally stress? But no pay rise leh....an zua gong?

Already living big houses, drive luxury cars, peanut salaries, but got pay rise leh.... Laughing

BillyBong SG

Actually, i agreed with everything he wrote in his article...EXCEPT the last paragraph.

Evidently, even a lawyer falls victim to confusion. He has foolishly tied a private sector specialization to a government sector job.

Not an apple to apple comparison. Where's the misplaced empathy? Cool

Gedanken SG

Well, the very easy response that I have is- if its so easy, please do it yourself.

What kind of half-arsed lawyer is this? Laughing

Do it yourself? Has this guy been living on Mars, or is he completely oblivious to the fact that Singaporeans aren't given the option to do it themselves in this closed-shop one-party system?

Yet another goldfish. I'd like to see him try and make it in the real world where a PAP membership means sweet f*ck-all. Laughing

TooFree SG

Lawyer is a profession.

Depending on the gravity of each individual case which transit to the time-cost factor with your lawyer is price at a reasonable market rate.

Neutral

DailyFreeGames.com SG

As far as I'm concern, the overblown pay check these ministers get is similar to being legally bribed by the government, so when the rooster say north, all the chickens follow. We are serving the country rite? Or are we serving our own self interests? Seeing how some of the poorer people, (hello please open your eyes there are still people sleeping in the streets despite your continous efforts to imprison them in sheltered homes!!!), or not to mentioned the few comrades who had to resort to jumping mrts and commiting suicides, will you PAPs please have a conscience? Even the president of USA don't get paid as much as our ministers, and if you guys are so proud of your salary, things should be more transparent, why are you guys so scared about publishing your salaries? afraid of having backlash? Please stop saying you guys deserve it, because you think you do, but you don't. I've served NS before, and I've PERSONALLY seen how these civil servants work!

AndrewPKYap SG

Not every lawyer gets million dollars salaries... their income is actually uncertain... unlike Ministers with guaranteed salaries... one million two hundred dollars of guaranteed salaries from a pay master that can print money to pay them and they want more? Confused

Worse part is that they raise GST - collect from the poor to finance their pay rise. Rolling Eyes

kilua SG

funny reply by 19 year old...

http://www.mrbrownshow.com/?p=794#comments

HAHAH THE AGENT!! youngpap dun be naive.

therere many talented patriots in singapore who do not want to step into politics because they know of the danger of opposing the PAP government.

jus look at the ministers. all of them are friends, families, familys friendsrelated in one way or another.

wan to be a minister? be a PAP. but our talents dun wan to be PAP.
i can see more young people like me are aware of this dictatorship by the PAP. the WP looks promising and i am sure they can take over the PAP in 4 yrs time.

when the PAP is gone, ministers pay shall be levied back to 1.2million. those not happy can leave for the private sector all they want. the real talents will rise and replace them.

p.s. ur right about one thing though: im envious of everyones pay, for the fact that im only 19 yrs old now lol.

If there are more 19 year olds like him there would be hope for Singapore

soulwinner SG

haha... Very Happy

shade343 SG

Hannor hannor, you all jealous lah. Just focus on your HDB price and CPF interest lah. Laughing

4getmenot SG

the letter leaks more of the writers ‘self praise’ nothing more… but he/she has got a very good potential to be in the pom-pom team in future.. because thats what they will need in future parliament ‘debates’ .. more cheerleaders..

chiabaliao SG

Lawyers are not called ambulance chasers for nothing. Of all so called professions, it probably has the lowest reputation. And "sob", there are many of them in politics.

ditzy SG

Raising civil service salaries is fine with me, but it just doesn't go down well with the crowd nearly right after the budget was announced with a confirmed 2 point gst increase. Laughing

Hogzilla SG

There is a thread about an Uncle do ALL the legal letters by himself one right?

Sagara SG

angkat power Mr. Green

I hear him shouting "Please take me! I'm sick of working long hours!"

SingaporeTyrannosaur SG

Have you read the rest of the articles on the blog? They are pretty amazing.

I mean I understand that naturally you ought to root for your own side, but the way they go about it speaks volumes about what they think about themselves.

I like this one idea in one of their posts:

"Singapore is PAP, PAP is Singapore"

As if it was something to be really proud of... speaks volumes of the mindset.

And of course, one dude commenting that even though they are taxpayers, the people in Hougang should be penalized by having their needs put lower on the list because they didn't vote in the PAP.

Quite amazing views... it was a disturbing read.