The Singapore government preaches about materialism and
performance under all odds.
Like in all cases, performance relies on morale. How does the
PAP, expects us to go the extra mile, to work harder, to excel when
we’re being paid crap? When the cost of living is not manageable,
when most of us are at the “Hand to Mouth” state? When our minds
are not at peace thinking about our future, or are we machines to
work relentlessly without feelings?
Our bread and butter being threatened by so many issues, being
afraid we might be left with just breadcrumbs to deal with. In the
battlefield, if you shatter the enemies’ morale, the battle is as
good as won. Morale is a catalyst for productivity, and let no one
tell you otherwise.
The value of materialism which the government upholds with such
valor has not been helping anyone at all. It separates us, each man
fighting for his place among the top 5% of Singapore which is
“physically and mentally endowed”.
This “fighting” does not create growth, but merely a social gap
between citizens and an income gap which rewards only the “elites”.
The growth of a few individuals, acts only as a morale destroyer
for those hanging in the lower rungs of society.
Materialism makes those up there, want to stay there and go
higher, and the only way to do that is to keep pushing those
already low, lower.
We all know that the Singapore government has a system in place,
which makes the rich richer and the poor poorer. How can there be
true growth and productivity in this system? This is not a classic
case of wanting more for less, but wanting gold for copper.
The government has made a system, preached ideals and has
expectations which all contradict each other, an epic failure. It’s
like wanting a person to move left, right and back all at once.
Have they done anything to fix it? I don’t think so. That means a
failure every day they don’t. How long has this been going for?
Years, that means 365 failures X the number of years. A government
that operates on failures.
“Applause please”
Its pretty annoying when we’re overworked, underpaid, fatigued
and frustrated, and some “PAPimp” ministers who don’t even have a
clue about wha thet majority of Singaporeans are going through,
comes along yapping about how we should live our lives and do our
jobs.
Actually we should be the ones teaching them how to do their
jobs, and deciding how much they get paid. Technically speaking
they are serving the public, that makes us their bosses right?
So if we’re bosses and our staff are not performing as promised
what should we do? What must we do, if even after all these
decades, their PERFORMANCE is not only not up to standard,
but actually deteriorating? What if they’ve made too many
human errors in their years of service? What should we do, when our
staff orders us around, when they arrogantly tell us how to run the
business after all these failures? Are we still going to keep them
in our payroll?
There are 82 PAP MPs in parliament now and seriously, who knows
what they’re there for? Maybe we should cut the amount of manpower
we have in the government and give them the wages majority of us
get.
The rationale, “Oh! I know! Lets make Singapore attractive for
Singaporeans who have migrated elsewhere! And to make this country
to keep in pace with other countries where THE GOVERNMENT IS AFRAID
OF ITS PEOPLE AND NOT THE PEOPLE AFRAID OF THE GOVERNMENT!”.
I would love to see the looks on their faces when these cowards
look at each other with the phrase “overworked and underpaid”
grabbing them by their nuts. When we, the people of this country
start showing them who’s boss, and the time is coming soon.
The math is pretty simple: The lower the wages and the higher
the cost of living, the lower the morale. The lower the morale, the
lower the level of productivity. Not, rocket science at all.
If the government still can’t figure it out they don’t deserve
their salaries and positions. We should just fire them.
This is a quote from a 62 year old man I’d like to share with
you guys and finish up this piece:
“How to retire, you tell me? Need to work until die la, some
more cut my pay but need to work the same. Never mind! You cut my
pay $300, I work $300 less. Mai Chup Siow!”
