Wednesday, July 20, 2011
President election 2011
The coming election of the president is a factual intention, but this will be a non event if a pro ruling party candidate is elected, as seen in the past twelve years. There is more significance in this election than just about the president; it is more about giving the Garmen the mandate to carry on as before the GE2011 as things have not changed much since then, increases in utility rates, transport fares, taxes and getting more crowded, citizens losing out, people dying unnaturally as the police said.
Three contenders have come forward and they have each claimed to want to make a change to this for the greater interest of Singaporeans. This is a noble intention, but before they can do anything one of them has to win the election. This is a foregone lost case unless the three of them have any thinking ability left in their individual zeal. The odds against any one of them is already 3:2 from the results of the GE2011, and contending against each other makes them lose before they begin, so why waste everybody's time and resources.
There is a slight chance though if the three of them hold a pre-election selection among themselves and then pit this one, the best of the three, to offer a one-to-one contest. This would clearly prove that they are very noble, altruistic and clear minded in the pursuit of the interest of Singaporeans. Or are they, each in his own way, having his own ambition.
Ron
Three contenders have come forward and they have each claimed to want to make a change to this for the greater interest of Singaporeans. This is a noble intention, but before they can do anything one of them has to win the election. This is a foregone lost case unless the three of them have any thinking ability left in their individual zeal. The odds against any one of them is already 3:2 from the results of the GE2011, and contending against each other makes them lose before they begin, so why waste everybody's time and resources.
There is a slight chance though if the three of them hold a pre-election selection among themselves and then pit this one, the best of the three, to offer a one-to-one contest. This would clearly prove that they are very noble, altruistic and clear minded in the pursuit of the interest of Singaporeans. Or are they, each in his own way, having his own ambition.
Ron
Thursday, July 07, 2011
Citizens vs money
Singaporeans, citizens and emailers, lend me your eyes
I come not to praise the Gahmen but to raise some issues
The wrong that they did are acts against the nation
The good that are done is what they are paid to do
So let that be clear ahead.
We have hundreds of billions of dollars in our reserves.
Yet our elderly are left to cart carton boxes and aluminum cans
to raise money for their daily meals,
in an environment where being alive cost money
Where is the money ?
We have hundreds of billions of dollars in our reserves.
Yet the Gahmen taxes even those without income,
those dependent on charity, those chronically sick, those dying.
A 100 year old woman in hospital for two days was taxed $66.
Where is the money ?
We have hundreds of billions of dollars in our reserves.
Yet the Gahmen resisted to raise the subsidy for the destitute.
And they had in mind to raise the GST from 7% to 10%
only to postpone this under the people’s threat at the 2011 election
Where is the money ?
We have hundreds of billions of dollars in our reserves.
A billion would do nicely for elderly citizens who have served the nation,
a billion would do nicely to support those who are chronically sick,
a billion would do nicely to alleviate those fallen on undue misfortune.
Do we have that money ?
To have hundreds of billions of dollars in our reserves,
and not use a bit to alleviate the lives of those fallen on hard times
begs the important issue whether we love money more than our citizens
or we love our citizens more than the money.
What is a few billions in a hoard of hundreds of billions ?
Do have a care.
Ron
I come not to praise the Gahmen but to raise some issues
The wrong that they did are acts against the nation
The good that are done is what they are paid to do
So let that be clear ahead.
We have hundreds of billions of dollars in our reserves.
Yet our elderly are left to cart carton boxes and aluminum cans
to raise money for their daily meals,
in an environment where being alive cost money
Where is the money ?
We have hundreds of billions of dollars in our reserves.
Yet the Gahmen taxes even those without income,
those dependent on charity, those chronically sick, those dying.
A 100 year old woman in hospital for two days was taxed $66.
Where is the money ?
We have hundreds of billions of dollars in our reserves.
Yet the Gahmen resisted to raise the subsidy for the destitute.
And they had in mind to raise the GST from 7% to 10%
only to postpone this under the people’s threat at the 2011 election
Where is the money ?
We have hundreds of billions of dollars in our reserves.
A billion would do nicely for elderly citizens who have served the nation,
a billion would do nicely to support those who are chronically sick,
a billion would do nicely to alleviate those fallen on undue misfortune.
Do we have that money ?
To have hundreds of billions of dollars in our reserves,
and not use a bit to alleviate the lives of those fallen on hard times
begs the important issue whether we love money more than our citizens
or we love our citizens more than the money.
What is a few billions in a hoard of hundreds of billions ?
Do have a care.
Ron
