Originally posted by BillyBong:
I suppose any bonus or increment is never enough for the average
singaporean.
If the idea of offering bonuses is to sprunce up the current NS
depression of 'low pay', it is unlikely to succeed.
On the other hand, this act may alleviate the supposed dissent of
Melvyn Tan's apparently 'meek' fine IF NS men cannot think on their
own.
If money can so easily buy obedience, then the moral values of our
upbringing need a complete overhaul.
Bravo for originality in thinking.
The Government a.k.a the Ruling Political Party think that
Singaporeans are dumb and impotent, and can be forced fed whatever
policies that they dump on this meek lot of Singaporeans.
No wonder there is so much self doubt amongst so many NS Men if we
- who make up the bulk of the SAF - can truly defend Singapore,
when we are all such a meek lot - that are afraid to place our vote
for a variety of reasons, such as the fear of innocent serial
number behind voter's slip to ensure no fraudently stuffing of
ballot boxes.
If as Singaporean NS Men we have tolerated the wasted TWO OVER
YEARS (3 for the older generation), and FORTY YEARS of erratic
economic, education, social and political performance - due to the
erratic changes to Government policies under the present Pollitical
Party - should we continue to tolerate another FIVE YEARS of
policies from this Political Party ?
A Political Party that makes policies that benefit members of their
party, or the Government which they formed, by extracting every
cent on a daily basis from the hardworking Singapore NS Men and
Citizens.
This NS Bonus that is paid out as a ONE
TIME PAYMENT will result in some other policies that will be put in
place - which will suck us for a life time.
The Government a.k.a the Ruling Party gave us CASH REBATE to make
the 3% GST more palatable when it was introduced, and handed out
CASH again when it was increased from 3% to 5% - and GST will
remain with us when our survivors pay for our own funeral
expenses.
Was those CASH REBATES even enough to last through ONE YEAR of
expenses ?
They have a solid reputation of 'taking with one hand, and taking
back with two other hands' .
