A Morally Decadent Society

Atobe SG

Originally posted by ndsef:

And Ren Ci is also PAP backed... because Media Corp is also doing charity shows for them...

"Backed" as in approved, recognised, accepted, annointed.

Had the Ruling Party - that form the Singapore Government over the last Forty years - taken a larger responsibility towards looking after infirmed, sick, and aged, and not left it to the charity and responsibility of hard pressed Singaporeans - then opportunities for such scandals need not occur.

ndsef SG

So are you proposing a Welfare Economy approach to ruling Singapore similar to Thatcher's? Rolling Eyes Do you know the taxation rates in UK just to support that? When taxes go up... again we will have another group of people complaining... It will never end..... Neutral

Atobe SG

Originally posted by ndsef:

So are you proposing a Welfare Economy approach to ruling Singapore similar to Thatcher's? Do you know the taxation rates in UK just to support that? When taxes go up... again we will have another group of people complaining... It will never end.....

Why do we have to look at the UK "welfarism experience" - whenever talk of looking after the infirmed, the sick, and the aged is brought up ?

Taxation ?

Do you not realise that through 'direct' and 'indirect' taxes, we are almost as near to the tax rates paid by UK Citizens, and what have we in return for the high taxes paid ?

How much of our monthly income is ever left to be saved ?

With the reported BILLIONS Dollar profits being reported by GLCs - through the use of Singaporean Tax Payer's money, will it not be morally correct to have a percentage from the GLC Billion Dollar Profit being paid to the various agencies looking after the Aged, Infirmed, and the Sick ?

Why only look at our own pockets that are tattered and torn after being ravaged by the Government ?

Try looking at the deeper pockets of the Government Linked Companies.

Try looking at the vast sums paid to all in the Ruling Party that run the Government - with the vast sums exceeding the amount needed to live a very comfortable Singapore Standard of Living - (which is the envy of our neighbors).

Compare the amount paid to those in the Ruling Party that run the Government, to the miserly amount paid to look after the Aged, the Sick and the Infirmed ?

wheelie SG

ya lo, we pay them high high salary and we have to struggle struggle paying school fees, medical fees, expensive household equipment due to the high rental fee of shops, and anythng else?? no wonder many ppl buy car to go jb import cheaper necessity back home.
But lucky some food stallers still serve $2 noodles/chicken rice. But you live nearby good for you. If you have a car, nice for you. If you only got 2 kahs(aka legs) den you have to pay some transport companies(which raises its fares during high-operation-cost times and nvr reduce back as the high-operation times remain high and can only get higher), juz to reach the 2$ stalls.

wheelie SG

So, an expensive country will surely create a morally decadent society since the young will be materialistic enough to do whatever possible to get their hands on the ipod-video, the ???? brand handbag…Take japan as eg. There are some japanese video showing teens doing adult things on a train, shops etc. Some signs are showing up in Sg now(sex for sale)

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