Yeah, those numbers sound about right, Viper. The point here is
that the bottom line of the whole "stayers and quitters" issue is
that the government is asking us to do something that's pretty much
along the lines of the old adage: "We are the unwilling, going into
the unknown, to do the unnecessary for the ungrateful".
It's not so much even getting credit for what we do, but at least
getting the benefits of the results that we produce. Let's face it
- after acting as good private citizens and doing our part for the
nation, are we going to get anything out of it if we're not part of
the PAP machine? If there's one thing that this government has
taught us, it's that you have to watch your own back. Some of us
react by becoming kiasu, and others just decide that they've had
enough of this abuse - life has to be better than this.
