e SC ppl are really ranting for everything w/o any solution
unfortunately, the MIW caused these problems which solutions
would be very very painful...
take for example housing.. to lower the cost of housing would
equate to being honest (that's painful for the MIW) and then the
banks will want their pound of flesh... the value of the property
goes below the mortgage amount, the banks will want a cash
injection to top it up.. where will the people get that?
the immigration issue.. what now? to lessen everything = no
singaporean wants to work at that kind of wage because it cannot
even let them afford decent housing, much less bring up a family...
which means wages have to go up.. but they have been kept low to
"be competitive" (which is bullshit considering developed countries
have higher domestic purchasing power parity on a wage higher than
us) there is almost no way to do so without painful cuts because
companies are working on the margin of the low wages
the transport issue - see the immigration issue.. the
infrastructure is not there and cannot cope with the load.. however
by lowering the number of commuters = no more profit.. prices will
go up and already our DPPP is so fricken low, it'll just be a
mess...
the wages issue - see the immigration and housing issue...
loads of other issues caused by the MIW but they or anyone can
solve without causing a lot of brutal short term pain which may be
fatal...
frankly, i can't think of a solution either.. except to start
somewhere, take the pain, keep going... maybe we can get a good
society going after all the pain...
but society is allergic to pain... until it becomes terminal
then whatever pain they say they'll endure is almost as bad as the
cancer itself
