tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109684854672653871.post7439827255407757597..comments2024-02-24T19:09:04.940+08:00Comments on All and Sundry Singapore: The future is bleak: Rising Prices and Widening Income GapUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109684854672653871.post-89969328064168930922007-11-05T14:47:00.000+08:002007-11-05T14:47:00.000+08:00"Welfare is a dirty word"Indeed, I think the gover..."Welfare is a dirty word"<BR/><BR/>Indeed, I think the government's policy is nothing is free and you work for your money. They seem to have this mentality that everyone will become lazy and dependent on the state if they don't work.James Chiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15300785396852955689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109684854672653871.post-86041181383107233842007-11-05T14:44:00.000+08:002007-11-05T14:44:00.000+08:00"Enough talk about means testing, oil price increa..."Enough talk about means testing, oil price increase - tell us how are the poor being helped by our kind govt after the GST increase."<BR/><BR/>I read sometime ago that the government gives out food vouchers to poor people but I heard that they have got to go through a lot of hassle like getting themselves registered, checking their income level etc. How effective this is, I do not know.<BR/><BR/>"THere is abuse of child labour - I find the abuse of making our old work just as distasteful."<BR/><BR/>You've brought out a good point that making the elderly work is as sinful as child labour abuse.James Chiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15300785396852955689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109684854672653871.post-74949774436092517662007-11-05T12:08:00.000+08:002007-11-05T12:08:00.000+08:00"indicating how the poor people can get help."I th..."indicating how the poor people can get help."<BR/><BR/>I think that this will not happen in a big way. Some government civil servants have already indicated that they do not wave a big flag to tell poor people where they can easily find the welfare centres.<BR/><BR/>"Welfare is a dirty word". <BR/><BR/>So is the million dollars salaries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6109684854672653871.post-55967780155802530952007-11-05T11:33:00.000+08:002007-11-05T11:33:00.000+08:00I find that the ST and MSM needs to counter all th...I find that the ST and MSM needs to counter all these bad press by indicating how the poor people can get help. Enough talk about means testing, oil price increase - tell us how are the poor being helped by our kind govt after the GST increase. There is a serious lack of information loop after the increase in GST to how our poor are being helped. Workfare by making our old work harder does not cut any ice. THere is abuse of child labour - I find the abuse of making our old work just as distasteful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com