I don't agree.
"Vagrants and lazy do-gooders" are part and parcel of every
society. Just because a small bunch of idiotic dole-bludgers do
take advantage of the welfare system doesn't mean that you should
exclude the majority of people who do have proper jobs and pay
taxes from the safety net the Government provides for the
population.
I assume you have lived in Australia for a while, at least,
enough to know that programs like 'A Current Affair' are akin to
tabloids like 'The Sun' in UK and 'The New Paper' in Singapore.
Just a bunch of overhyped claptrap by the Australian media - always
known to blow things out of proportion.
About medical treatment by Medicare. Sure, it can be a big mess.
It does seem like a mess right now with all the reports of badly
managed hospitals and long waiting lists for medical care. But I
think you're missing the point.
Australia provides free and greatly subsidised healthcare for
the Aussie population. That is the point.
Here's a simple example. A country may consider prostitution
illegal by law, but obviously prostitution still exists. This means
that it is recognised by law that it is wrong. So
no matter if Ah Hock feels horny and wants to bang a couple of
chicks for $20 per head, but doesn't get caught, he is
still liable to be arrested and tried under the law.
Just like in Australia. At least people who have been left out
in the Medicare system can bring it up to the courts and the
justice system because despite how they have been treated/went
through they still can seek remedy for the lack of
care/responsibility the system owes them.
In Singapore? Oh, you're "lucky" enough to have the Government
bestow you with Medisave - you owe them not the
other way around. 'Lucky' enough to be able to languish in a 'C'
class ward with a drip (pay extra $2 for top up ah.) with 6 other
terminally sick patients on 'controlled medication' (because the
best and most effective are reserved for the full paying patients
in air-conditioned 'A' class wards lucky/smart/rich enough to have
private insurance or savings.
That's what happened to a friend's grandma. Died of breast
cancer thanks to the questionable care administered by the doctors
in her 'C' class ward. It was disgusting to say the least, the
level and quality of care, accomodation and treatment she was given
just because her family didn't have enough money to pay for full
treatment and had to rely on the pathetic excuse of a Medisave the
Government in Singapore provides.
About your comment about the Australian Government being like
the PAP. Are you seriously kidding me?
At least we can vote for the guy man. In Singapore
'mysterious' things happen and poof, hey, here's your guy for the
next 7 years or whensoever they decide one fine day to hold the
election. (While sitting in their overstuffed sofas eating kaya
roti the big guy decides, gee, I think its a good day to have the
election after the 34268762 walkovers were successful)
We can complain about Australia because we love it and want to
see positive change. But if we're just earning the wage here and
living within the Australian system we reap benefits Singapore
could never give us ever in a million years because they value
their citizens/PRs and still b|tcing about it then maybe its time
to seriously consider if Australia is the right place for us since
Singapore is so 'great'.
At least in Singapore the vargarants and lazy people don't tax
the system. It is well proven that countries with a welfare system
in the end do not do well, just take a look at the USA. Now we all
know where Australia is heading. When I speak about such people, I
speak from personal experience, not programs like today tonight.
Besides you do not need programs like today tonight to highlight
the problem, have you ever stood outside a centerlink office?
At least the PAP do something... look at the infrastructure that
Singapore has. In Australia, the political parties bitch about so
many things that it is a wonder they get things done at all.
My friend recently went for a double bypass... the surgery was
fine, but because the hospital was careless, he ended up getting a
very bad viral infection of the bone and he is still suffering
today, some six months after the operation, and we are talking
about someone who has the best medical coverage in an A class type
ward. Not some C class ward. So you tell me.
What credible opposition do we have in Singapore to vote
for?
