A state cannot exist without citizens. A state is created by the citizen as a protective umbrella for the common good of a collective citizenry. A state and its citizenry co exist in a symbiotic relationship. One cannot exist without the other. A people without a state become stateless. A country without a citizenry is waiting to be taken over, or a loose or disorganized state will soon be taken over.
The role of a govt is an intermediary between the citizens and the state. A govt in a democratic state is voted by the people as a caretaker of the state and to promote the interests of the citizens. Promoting the interests of residents or non citizens is incidental and can only be pursued by the good grace of the citizens, on the generosity of the citizens. A govt that usurped the power given to it by the people to take care of non citizens and neglect the interests and rights of the citizens has no reason to exist or be supported by the citizens.
Permanent Residents are not citizens and owe no loyalty or responsibility to the state but to themselves. They are fair weather residents and will move to greener pasture when things are not favourable to them. They have no right to vote and be represented in Parliament. They cannot enjoy the same privileges as citizens. Period.
Non residents or transient workers have even lesser rights than PRs. It is pure stupidity to allow non residents and PRs to have the same opportunities in all things, especially in employment opportunities. There could be exceptions for those who are here to contribute extraordinarily to the country and people. Such people, like the tycoons, may even get special privileges in some areas to make their stay worthwhile but not to compromise the well beings of the citizens. One glaring problem is the buying up of properties and high property prices.
Top talents in their respective fields, not joker talents dressed up as talents, can also be welcomed and bestowed with certain privileges. This group is unlikely to be more than 1 or 2% of the foreigners here. The rest are here to benefit themselves more than the state and better enjoy their time here and the hospitality of the state and people, and not to exploit the people.
Discrimination by foreigners against the citizens must be made a crime. It has no place in the country. The govt of the people, by the people must be for the people, must be there to protect the people in its own territory. Neglecting this principle cannot be tolerated. When a govt sees it its responsibility to care more for the foreigners than its citizens, it is a dereliction of duty to the citizens, a perversion of nationhood.
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Tell this to our Government. Hope they can see the light. Repent! Its not too late. Do not wait until 2016.
>> Discrimination by foreigners against the citizens must be made a crime.
Good luck on that one :-))
On PRs
>> They have no right to vote and be represented in Parliament. They cannot enjoy the same privileges as citizens. Period.
Not true. They pay taxes, which entitles them to all the above. "Tax" is part of the social contract individuals and entities have with the state.
You work, you produce and thus contribute to the commonweal, then you pay taxes, means you fulfill your part in the social contract. The state has to fulfill its obligations to you in return.
I've said this before, and I'll say it again: sprouting from your mother's vagina in a territory might confer you certain "rights" as an infant. However as an adult you either contribute to the society or be a bum.
If the PRs are making a contribution, they are entitle to the SAME RIGHTS.
Period.
祸中有福，福中有祸。
10% to 50% Carrot + 50% to 90% Stick ( Big, Medium, Small ) = What type of society ..... ?
What aspiration .........?
What identity ..........?
What shape .........?
What form ........?
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A state must have economic growth. Or else the state will become poor and backward and even lawless like in some countries. I will not want to be a citizen of such a state.
That's why in Sinkieland, economic growth is the #1 priority and the ends.
Have you heard of "The ends justify the means"?
Even if it means caring more for the foreigners than its citizens.
As long as the means do not carry a backlash, for instance, the strongest opposition is ironically a weak opposition not ready to be govt.
Once there is no backlash, whether the means is a crime, a dereliction of duty, a perversion or whatnot is irrelevant and useless.
Do what you want but don't get caught, especially for extra marital affairs.
Or most important, don't get sacked or voted out.
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“It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.”
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Thomas Hobbes (5 April 1588 – 4 December 1679), English Philosopher, author of Leviathan, “founder” of “Social Contract Theory”
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“Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.”
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John Lock (29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704), English Philisopher and Physician
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“If D1 was a just distribution, and people voluntarily moved from it to D2, transferring parts of their shares they were given under D1 (what was it for if not to do something with?), isn't D2 also just? If the people were entitled to dispose of the resources to which they were entitled (under D1), didn't this include their being entitled to give it to, or exchange it with, Wilt Chamberlain? Can anyone else complain on grounds of justice? Each other person already has his legitimate share under D1. Under D1, there is nothing that anyone has that anyone else has a claim of justice against. After someone transfers something to Wilt Chamberlain, third parties still have their legitimate shares; their shares are not changed. By what process could such a transfer among two persons give rise to a legitimate claim of distributive justice on a portion of what was transferred, by a third party who had no claim of justice on any holding of the others before the transfer?”
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Robert Nozick (November 16, 1938 – January 23, 2002), American Political Philosopher, Ex-Harvard Professor, author of his famous book “Anarchy, State and Utopia ( 1974 ) “
We are givng top post CEO DBS a state-controlled bank to a foreigner, an outsider !
Is MOM giving priority to India educational credentials over Singaporeans who are graduated from Western countries ?
Piyush Gupta has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree in Economics from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University, India and an MBA from IIM(Indian Institue of Managemnt), Ahmedabad.
Is there no one in Singapore to do th job ????
If we SINGAPORE CITIZENS have no access whatsoever to exactly how much we have in the Temasek holdings and other reserves then why on earth Temasek approved an OUTSIDER to head a state bank.
Why is WP, and with Low Thia Khiang as leader, the only opposition party able to win elections? Low Thia Khiang highest education level is only a BA in Chinese Studies from NUS.
Why is Chen Show Mao, with more impressive qualifications, only just a member of the WP CEC and holds no appointment in the CEC?
And what do you think of Chen Show Mao's performance in Parliament? I am not surprised if you think he is no better than the many ordinary PAP MPs or even those of his own WP.
So don't be fixated with qualifications, whether it is from India, China or the West.
He must have impressed and also doing a good job, from the perspective of those who hire him or voted him, and not you or your perception of him. Or else why would he be still there or be voted in?
Unfortunately, those who criticise or suffer the most under the PAP do not have the power or to be smart to improve or correct the "wrongs" which they criticise.
"Unfortunately, those who criticise or suffer the most under the PAP do not have the power or to be smart to improve or correct the "wrongs" which they criticise."
Anon June 07, 2013 1:33 pm
Can but not so fast lah. Maybe in 20 or 30 years time things will improve. Or maybe not within your lifetime, if you are old now.
Let's be realistic. If after 48 years, the best Sinkies can have is the WP, how fast can you expect things to improve?
RB
Don't anyhow assume the gahmen's job is to benefit the people hor.
The first emperor of China (Qin Shi Huangdi) has already set the standard for all future Chinese rulers.
It is the citizens' job to benefit and subsidize the gahmen.
So millions of Chinese peasants-citizens died building the Great Wall of China.
For the "greater good" ... "greater good" meaning for the emperor's benefit.
Fortunately, Singaporeans don't have to sacrifice too much for the gahmen except for;
- National Service
- CPF
- Subsidized HDB flats
- Expensive cars that do not include the full safety features found in equivalently priced cars elsewhere in the world
- subsidized medical healthcare
- you can fill in the rest here
Slavery in the USA lasted for nearly 200 years, from 1600s to 1800s.
So don't expect change for the better to come fast.
@ Anonymous 2:45 pm
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Where is Sg's "Abraham Lincoln"?
Is "he" born yet?
@2.21pm
NS is not a sacrifice.They train us to be independant.CPF is becos daft Sinkies anyhow spent money in Batam.Ho Ah Ching sacrificing her time cracking her head to help you to invest for the best returns.Also to ensure our children won't be burden by hospital bill becos of us.Flats are cheap to lease if you divide by 99 years.1 month hundred over dollars nia nia.
Expensive cars is to tax the rich on the road to subsidize cheaper public transport with drivers provided for pokkai like me .
Which Garmen so good to build casino just to create jobs for Sinkies?
And allow many sex talents here so Sinkie male like me can flirt with any mei mei of any nationality of my choice without having the need to travel far.
We must be grateful to our Garmen.
12:58 pm>>
Ah Nehs are famous for their shake head but yes men mentality. All gov related companies only needs those papaya yes men not intelligent ones who will rebel one day just like the previous appointed one at TH. If you are up there, you rather have someone average in intelligence but submissive than someone intelligent but not submissive.
No gov in this world exists for the people. They only exist in myth or propaganda. They are all there to exploit the people and serve themselves - make them pay tax, pay for their holidays, pay for small crimes like exceed speeding limit but protect big time criminals, drug/human traffickers, tax evaders assets and lifestyles. It sucks big time especially when the legal system is a criminal one that sided the one party.
Voting for opposite party may not mean better for the people but at least there is a 50% chance which is still better than voting for the same party that will continue to screw lives and bring more harm the people.
@ 2.45pm.
"Slavery in the USA lasted for nearly 200 years, from 1600s to 1800."
From 1600-1800, there was no democracy in USA.
USA was a colony of England.
And England was a kingdom ruled by kings.
And that's why slavery lasted for 200 years in USA.
We have democracy in Singapore since 1965.
And since 1965, Singaporeans have continued to be voluntary slaves.
Slavery in Singapore will end when Singaporeans stop being deaf, dumb and blind.
USA became a democracy in 1788 with George Washington elected as the 1st American President.
And it was only 75 years later, in 1863, under the 16th President Abraham Lincoln, that slavery was abolished.
So you see, slavery still continued for 75 years even under American democracy.
And 75 years is longer than 48 years since 1965, tio bo?
Will it take Singaporeans 75 years to learn?
Or are Singaporeans faster learners than Americans?
The crux of the problem is severe influx of FT,. which has contributed to the discrimation against Singaporeans, born and bred here, in employment market.
This is bad enough to warrant a study by MOM.
But the fact is the MOM minister is busy defending another ministry.
Whatever PAP doing is good for Singapore. Read carefully Singapore without "an".
So All the Singapore with an" must vote them out.
STForum 08June
[Ill effects of raising health spending]
Tan Keng Soon
"..there are trade-offs in getting the Govt to increase health spending -
in the form of slower growth, more taxes and higher unemployment rates.
Do we want these
when we already have one of the best health-care systems in the world?
I think not."
http://www.straitstimes.com/premium/forum-letters/story/ill-effects-raising-health-spending-20130608
Most, mostest important thing is not to be found guilty of corruption of any kind. Offering gratification, blow job included, gift, money and anything that can be materially proven will ruin one's career, name and future.
Onitofu.....善载善载.
It is Wisdom and Reason that should be the Guiding Principles of Law.
Making the Law to give Authority to the Rulers invariably leads to abuses and woes.
Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts those in Authority more and deeper.
Those mei meis from different countries do save lots of men from corruption.
Who will provide the gratification needed by the tai tais and powerful single females? Otherwise, there is a great need to monitor those dames and ladies in power, they may grant more favours than manfolks.
Seah Chiang Nee's Saturday column
[Coming down hard on tax evaders]
"Singapore introduces regulations to make it a crime to handle foreign funds that came from tax evasion in other countries.
These anti-banking secrecy rules will likely hit private banking,
but some Singaporeans are hoping it could help reduce some of the tangible and intangible woes that excess money had brought here."
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2013/6/8/focus/13208861&sec
My money is on Chen Show Mao. Why? His impressive enumeration (aka "hard evidence") of achievements -- i.e. solid education, of an obviously smart and highly motivated individual, APPLIED in the real world to achieve HUGE VALUES and ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
Plus he speaks damn well, makes compelling arguments (he doesn't talk shit), and comes across as a genuine guy -- smiling, pleasant, non-confrontational.
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