Ray2 SG better to have higher tax, but free education + pension, you don't have to worry about savings for children/old age.
ndmmxiaomayi SG I think transport should be free. Transport making profits, yet bus and MRT fares increasing. And do you know that polytechnics and universities are at the far end of different parts of Singapore? Polytechnic and university students pay adult fares, every month come up to a lot of money. If never buy student pass, then must pay adult fare. Then JC students don't need to do. Unfair.
sbst275 SG Em... Even in Europe, public tpt operators also make good profits, even better margin that SG Because not just of currency, also that they have stable profit... Because govt collect all the fares, govt pay them
Mr Soh SG But u also recive pension or welfare if u unemployed or old. Medical is subsidised. What goes out from u comes to u eventually. But singpapore? What comes to u goes out from u eventually. I rather die a man with even $1 in my pocket which i can say it rightfully and permanently belongs to me than die a pauper
foxwalk SG in Finland education is free, including transport and meals. For tertiary education, people pay just a nominal sum, something like 100+ euros per semester.
ditzy SG Pension comes from the 47.5% annual income tax you pay when you're working. Welfare also goes to those who insist they cannot find a job and want the government to support them. Medical subsidied? Probably one of the highest in the world and always a frequent talking point on primetime news.
sbst275 SG Seriously, where all this pension talks came from? It is because we are connected to the West But seriously, whether to have pension or not, I think ppl should 1st have savings.
shade343 SG Its good to be a student in Finland....In fact you can spend your whole life just studying in Finland....
