I will distribute Growth Dividends to all adult citizens."
(fairly???)
http://www.progress.gov.sg/gd_ovw.htm
In view of the good economic performance last year and the
positive outlook, I have decided to share part of these surpluses
with Singaporeans this year
I will distribute Growth Dividends to
all adult citizens." - Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong,- Budget
Statement 2006
The amount of Growth Dividends you can receive depends on the
following:
(i) the Annual Value of your home in 2005 (assessed by IRAS, based
on your NRIC address as of 31 December 2005); and
But how about dividing a more equitable manner?
Facts:
- Govt knows how many SGporeans stay at in a residence (prepared in
lieu of 2006SG elections).
- Govt knows the Annual Value of your home in 2005
- not all who live in large houses are rich- some may be homeless
& depending on the kindness of a rich [distant] relative,
similarly, a rich single may live alone in an apt, (leaving a few
bedrooms unoccupied).
> Govt should encourage families to live under same roof to
maintain family bonding/ social stability.
Having invested so much in computer systems, its my firm belief
that the govt is capable of greater fairness (equitability) by
defining home value more accurately as = per-capita home value
=
[Annual property value] (DIVIDED BY) [no. of SGporeans residing
(kids incl and based on NRIC) in such an address.]
This simple procedure would:
Stop people from reassigning their residential address falsely to
yield better progress pkg payouts (makes such acts less
necessary)
Encourage people staying alone to get partners/ rent out rooms to
SGporeans so as to make cost of living less for SGporeans.
Encourage people to have children as more SGporeans under same
roof- will be a positive factor in calculating the prog pkg.
Encourage people to stay together for better family bonding,
economy of scale.
Dear LHL: please consider this in parliament; this is a long
overdue procedure towards building peoples faith in the PAP.
Hopefully I hope the other 1/3 of SGporean (Elect2006skeptics)-
would support this
.
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