Govt wants creativity, enterprenurship and blah blah blah
to help the economy (again this is an all consuming passion cause
it lines their pockets) and provide jobs for people esp the people
who lost their jobs permanently (yes when people are employed they
will not think of voting against the current party, so you see the
casino idea is not really for any one's benefit except theirs). Yes
creativity and entreprenurship creates live, jobs, money for
everyone and we all need it.
Yet on the other hand, people find the cost of living so high, that
they had to work day and night to pay bills and more bills. Even
for basic things like roof over the heads and food on the table.
The govt artificially created an env that has high cost of living
to make us all "hungry" enough to drive us to work ever harder and
work more to generate more wealth for the country. Its like running
on the treadmill at high speeds and all the joints are worn out and
in pain. People are asking to stop or pause but the govt denies the
request and thinks we are just complacent and lazy.
However, because of the high cost of living and the need for
surival, people really have no time to rest and dream up creative
ideas. Because to be creative and entreprenurial, one has to take
risks (ie Sim went to US to develop creative and became a success
before heding back here). However, the risk and the cost of not
succeeding is just so high that only those with nothing to loose
can go take that chance. On top of that there is the small market
that we have to deal with as well as external forces as well as the
govt links organizatons that will make you flop.
Scenario:
Imagine having risk it on a business venture on some creative idea.
Having pumped in all the time and effort and $ into this venture,
the NTUC saw it, take the idea and duplicate it (they are govt and
have deep pockets to make anything a success and you can't sue
them), you find our business close down and you are left with
nothing. Then you realise you cannot service your HDB loan. Would
HDB repo the house and the banks repo your assets to pay for the
loans and debts? Now, you can hardly put together enough to pay the
bills/debts and have to declare bankrupt. When you go look for a
job, when the employer find out you were a bankrupt, would they
actually employ you? Then when you get a job, ever cent you make
goes to paying debt..
I don't think that its feasible to ever be creative in Singapore
... the govt is just interested to keep us under their thumb and
fighting hungry for our daily survival to care. The only ones they
care about the the younger people who they think will be making the
$ for their pocket but the trends does not suggest that. Sometimes
I watch these party members flap their lips on TV and hear the
disjointed sounds. I dismiss most of it as lies. Besides I am
beyond the age the govt cares about and soon becoming a burden to
them.
Maybe the govt will built an alcatrez like state of the art off
shore prison system and keep all the old folks there and have
weekly euthanization parties. Anyways, they are already doing that
to stray cats and dogs...