Originally posted by Hogzilla:
What are you trying to say?
Let's assume that the PM spent half of his salary a year, he will
be a millionaire in two years time. If a average minister also
spent half of his salary per year, he will be a millionaire in
three years. Besides, we must know that PM is also the current
Finance Minister, so he is drawing about USD 2 million (rounded up)
per year. Don't forget that various minister is holding
directorship of some companies as well, do you really think that
they are holding these directorship for free?
The leader of a country with 4++ million people hold a salary
[b]five times of a leader of a country with 300+ million.
Then some Singaporean minister said that some qualities, of those
who commit themselves to public service, could not be bought using
money. Compare this statement with PM Lee's statement of why they
are drawing such a high pay, (so that they won't be corrupted) if
they have the intention of serving the citizen, shouldn't they have
the invaluable quality of incorruptable too? If they are
incorruptable, why should they draw such a high pay?[/b]
I recall there was one JC student who lamented in a blog or
forum as to why ministers were being paid such an obscene amount of
money.
And she even reasoned that if you don't want to be seen as corrupt,
you make it legal.
Anybody can remember where this blog or post came from?
