i happened to find part of this online article interesting:
In fact, it merely mentioned abt the "Elitism" case that has caused such an uproar locally; all because of this minister daughter by the name of "Wee Shu Min" :P
One of his faithful ministers, the late S Rajaratnam, darkly promised: "We want to teach people the government is not a rich uncle. You get what you pay for. We are moving in the direction of making people pay for everything."
Such attitude has produced a society with individuals like TT Durai with his avarice, Mrs Goh Chok Tong with her "peanuts" comment, Wee Shu Min with her repugnant diatribe against Derek Wee (and her father’s defence of her comments), and Lee Hsien Loong with his petulance that he and his ministers should not be expected to make "unnecessary financial sacrifices."
A Nation Cheated pieces together an unmistakable picture of PAP's failure. It tells the real story of how our enormous reserves have been accumulated through forced savings under the CPF scheme as well as through the sale of HDB flats. The slew of taxes and fees designed to maximise the extraction of funds from the people is another avenue.
More recently, however, economic growth has been sustained from illicit money laundered from foreigners. The explosive influx of migrants has also contributed much to the fattening of state coffers.
The question is: Is this kind of growth sustainable and how much damage is it inflicting on our society?
Such attitude has produced a society with individuals like TT Durai with his avarice, Mrs Goh Chok Tong with her "peanuts" comment, Wee Shu Min with her repugnant diatribe against Derek Wee (and her father’s defence of her comments), and Lee Hsien Loong with his petulance that he and his ministers should not be expected to make "unnecessary financial sacrifices."
A Nation Cheated pieces together an unmistakable picture of PAP's failure. It tells the real story of how our enormous reserves have been accumulated through forced savings under the CPF scheme as well as through the sale of HDB flats. The slew of taxes and fees designed to maximise the extraction of funds from the people is another avenue.
More recently, however, economic growth has been sustained from illicit money laundered from foreigners. The explosive influx of migrants has also contributed much to the fattening of state coffers.
The question is: Is this kind of growth sustainable and how much damage is it inflicting on our society?
Sadly speaking, this is the National Day week yet i have to hightlight the 'dirty secrets' of our country. However, i just feel very strongly towards this case as she is someone who just graduated from RJC... She is of my age group and i am particularly irritated by her comments @ the beginning of this year! What's more with the fact that over 30% of scholarships goes to ppl lyk her (family income more than $10 000) annually :X
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haha that was a funny read...now maybe you want to get crackin on the blog task at hand, jean?!
Posted by Guest-mdml @ 12 Aug 2007, 10:40:07 PM
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