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How giving up one's seat on the bus can save our economy and


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How giving up one's seat on the bus to the needy can save our economy by reducing taxes for all.

 

drawing-child-gives-up-seat-for-elderly.jpg[img Source: Girl Refuses To Give Seat To Disabled, Slapped By 100 RMB]

 

[PS, all references to either gender in this essay references the opposite equally]

 

On 1st March 2012, Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who is also Minister of Finance said: "For these five years, we're okay and that's why we're setting aside monies in trust funds and endowment funds... But in the 10 to 15 years after 2016, we do have a real challenge, and we'll have to think beyond growing the economy and sustaining revenues based on GDP growth." ('New ways to raise revenue needed, says DPM Tharman' [TODAY, 02Mar2012][pict])

 

Whilst on 8th June2012, at the Economic Society of Singapore's annual dinner, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said "As we enhance our social safety nets, expenditure will inexorably rise, and revenue must keep up. Surely within the next 20 years, the government of the day will need new sources of revenue, which means raising taxes," ('Singapore's growth expected to slow in next decade' [CNA, 08June2012], [pict])

 

Imagine an elderly person of good character, going about his daily activities- basic marketing (grandpa), taking good care of grandchildren (grandma), doing some charity work at a nearby temple/ home for the elderly aged (help out with cooking/ cleaning/ admin etc), volunteering at the library reading story books to nursery children; for others, it might just be daily errands attending to a disabled spouse, part time work helping at a nearby medical facility or just moving about to keep active and fit. Can the love and nurturing provided by this elderly person for another ever be measured? Not earning a salary does not make this elderly a worthless person, for his contribution to society is indeed immense- no matter how slow and old fashioned his ideas may be.

 

Now imagine this same elderly person falling down on a crowded bus simply because someone feigned sleep to avoid the elder's need. The fall cost the elderly a broken hip and perhaps permanent immobility- this adverse result leading to depression and despair and immense stress to the rest of his family. All volunteering activities are cancelled- no more kind teacher, no more free storytelling, foreigners with language incompatibilities are hired to cover the part time duties once performed by the able elderly. Working adults become flustered given the sudden problem of taking care of another disabled family member, perhaps resulting in the government having to bear the cost of maintaining 2 immobile elderly in a state run welfare home. The next generation needless to say, is lost in the midst of this crisis and consequent financial disability. Can an economy of depressed individuals really be productive? Who can concentrate at work with problems at home so deep and unrelenting? Has anyone ever seen "social safety nets" large and strong enough to rescue a nation of depressed, unfriendly individuals?

 

According to 'Adding up the cost of elderly care' [The Telegraph.uk, 29Jun2011]: "One in three women and one in five men aged 65 and over will need to go into a residential care home... A single room in a private residential home in Britain now costs an average of

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Very very subtle hint!!

If you dare to vote us out in 2016, there will be deep shiet that the oppo cannot manage alone.

 

I like how this man gave us the future. He seems to be able to see the future.

Or was he the Caused now and thus the Effect of the future? I think so because he is so sure about things from now to 2016, yet so unsure about it after the date.

The date coincide with the erection.

Not simple.....sound like a threat.

Or perhaps a tai-chi disclaimer that what the citizens demand now, will caused the economy slowdown after 2016.

 

Ok......looks like a lost decade is coming to Simgapore.

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What kind of safety net we have today, is there any ?

When you're old and you fall in a bus driven by FT, do you get free medical treatment ?

No. You are asked to set aside your money to pay for your own treatment, aka medisave.

And then your cpf goal post keep moving backwards.

 

So why care about 2016? Is it going to make any difference ?

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If they know the cause and effect theory, they would have known the implication of loosening the FT too much in such a short time without the corresponding infrastructure build up. Imo, they just want certain ideal state so that they van have less burden?

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Very very subtle hint!!

If you dare to vote us out in 2016, there will be deep shiet that the oppo cannot manage alone.

 

I like how this man gave us the future. He seems to be able to see the future.

Or was he the Caused now and thus the Effect of the future? I think so because he is so sure about things from now to 2016, yet so unsure about it after the date.

The date coincide with the erection.

Not simple.....sound like a threat.

Or perhaps a tai-chi disclaimer that what the citizens demand now, will caused the economy slowdown after 2016.

 

Ok......looks like a lost decade is coming to Simgapore.

 

But they always say try plan long term, long term to me is like 10,20,30yrs.. now looping term is as good as 1term.. no wonder they lose so much money in their so call long term investment...

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