2 wrongs don't make one right.
The fact that the standard of living ranges from tolerable to
decent here does not give PAP the right to shove whatever it wants
down the throat of Singaporeans.
Neither does it give them the right to plunder millions from
taxpayers to build luxurious but ugly buildings, pay hundreds of
thousands every month to their ministers and cronies, sue and
threaten people who disagree with their policies, control the
media, gerrymander and change districts at will during
elections...
The analogy is that of a CEO who builds a company. Does that
entitle him to use the company's money at will? NO. He has to go
thru an independent board of directors.
Problem with Singapore is the organs of the state are NOT
independent. Join opposition and be vocal? The IRAS will scrutinise
your tax records. Dangle a police report at a rally? The famous
guard dog lawyer will come after you.
Now coming back to living standard, hmmm...is it really decent? If
you are talking about material comfort in terms of basic amenities,
yes we have it but let's not forget the thousands of uneducated
poor people who live in one room flats and have to go around
scavenging for empty drink cans.
But Maslow's Theory prescribes that we have different level of
needs even within the material level.
We see so many cars and so many condos. But reality is many
Singaporeans who live in them are saddled with debts. This applies
even to people who supposedly own flats!
We have one of the most expensive car prices in the world. Yest we
have a chronically unrepentant fvced-up public transport company in
the name of SBS who seizes the littlest opportunity to raise fares
but drags itself when there are calls for improvement in
service.
Our wages are artificially suppressed in the name of competition
because the PAP keeps using the boogeyman of China and India to
distract Singaporean workers. At the same time, those PAP ministers
are collecting hundreds of thousands every month and those MPs
drive BMWs, jaguars and what not when they go to parliament! And
some of these ministers don't even deserve half a cent!! Eg. Yeo
Cheow Tong, Mah Bow Tan.
Let's just say that the PAP is a feudalistic institution bent on
hanging on to power regardless of the cost.
Support PAP? Thanks but I've better things to do.
