Special Consession Card for Senior Citizens?

Gazelle SG

Do you think our government should give special concession card for all Singapore born citizens who are 60s and above? This concession card should be restricted to only food, transport and medical prescriptions.

e.g. assuming it is a 20% concession, when you buy a $5 meal, you will only need to pay for $4, and the government will pay for the $1.

FireIce SG

why the govt shd pay leh?

wats CPF for?

Gazelle SG

This is to help lower the cost of living for the elders. Paying from your own CPF is not call concession, it is using your own saving that cost 2.5% per year

oxford mushroom SG

Where is the money coming from? I will not pay more taxes to fund it. As the population grow older, you will have to pay more for such schemes. It is not fair for the young.

MosPyramid SG

No. This is impossible.

Elderly who can't afford basic neccessity will received government's aid. Otherwise they should relies on their children or own CPF.

Gazelle SG

You mean the young people of today will not get old?

Lets know forget those uneducated 60s singapore citizens that help rebuild the country after WWII and given you have what you have today. (Cant think of someone that is more selfish than you)

If the government can give out 2b worth of progress package, I am sure they will use less money to fund this concession. Btw, do you know that the population of Singapore born singaporeans is only about 2.5m and many of those who have received the progress package doesnt really need it.

Gazelle SG

What if they have no CPF and no children and dont like to ask government for money? Have you seen those elderly man and women collecting old cloths and newspaper in Chinatown and other housing estate?

dragg SG

they should.

the elderly should also be given discount or free admission to places of interest (museum, zoo, night safari etc)

consider this as a reward for their contribution to the country.

MosPyramid SG

You have a point here.

However since they are able to collect recyclable items to resell, they are still considered physically able.
In that case, they generally able to meets their end.

dragg SG

what talking you?

the young will grow old too.

by then they will also enjoy this concession.

MosPyramid SG

Yar, I totally agrees!

If we have the mentality on relying for special concession to get past our life in the future.
We won't be striving to earn money now.

In constrast, we don't think of CPF, don't think of incentives, special privileges, we might even tour around the world when we grow old.

Laughing Juz my 3 cents

Gazelle SG

I wonder if you will say the same if it is your own mum and dad that is pushing those cart around the neighbourhood. Giving them concession will only help to offset the ever increasing cost here in Singapore.

Gazelle SG

We are talking abot the unprivileged who has been left behind.
Who is talking about tour around the world?

sbst275 SG

Thought have all along le???

Take SBS bus, except during AM peak hrs is flat fare $0.64 for trunk/ feeder svs

FireIce SG

this is bus oni

but now ppl is suggesting that u buy chicken rice, wanton mee, detergent, potato chips, apples, strawberry ice cream oso govt shd help elderly pay 20%

sbst275 SG

The dialect reply: lui de kor lai?

(Where will the money come from?)

End up it's from the taxpayers

Gazelle SG

If we dont use the money to concession, the government will still use it for something else. maybe to fund GIC and GLC for their overseas expansion.

Which would you prefer?

dragg SG

frankly it is not what we prefer but what the govt prefer.

Crying or Very sad

oxford mushroom SG

It's another wild suggestion by critics of the government who have not thought the plan through..

sbst275 SG

Once ppl ask for a silver, ppl will later ask for gold