The political govt

What is that? It is a term I have coined for a blur govt. No, not that the govt is blur, but it is blur in the sense that it is not the govt but something like the govt, or the govt but not the govt. Ok, you are all confused by now.

Take Britain as an example. They have things like royalties, dukes and duchess, lords and what not. These are, in a way, political appointments, not the govt but the govt, the ruling elite. Or there could be MPs running a district or constituency that is doing all the necessary works but then someone is appointed as a mayor, presumably to do the same job of the MP, or an honourary political title. These are political appointments that can be done without, of no real relevance to the working of the govt.

The other kind of political govt are the titles or positions awarded to people for political reasons but not because of necessity of work. These are appointments like chairman, directors, advisors, assistant this and that, all because of political connection or patronage. This is the western model of corruption but not branded as such. It is like the current little clip in CNA when one notable was quoted as saying, corruption can be a gift to some and a token of appreciation to another.

What is troublesome about political govt is that it is not just appointments and titles. Somebody got to pay for it. And if the payment to such political appointments are huge and comes from the public coffer, directly or indirectly, it can be serious. It means that the country’s revenue is being used to pay for political appointees in the political govt.

All countries have some form of political govt, big or small. And the people ended up paying for it. No, it is not corruption but a derivative. It is just using public money to pay to people doing something not really necessary, like the dukes or whatever, not because the job or title is necessary but add ons, like badges of honour. Simply it is a political payout from the state’s fund, public money that need not be. In monarchies, it is a parasitic scheme that sucks away money from the state for the royal families, and the amount can be a strain on the country unless there is oil money coming out from the ground.

In modern nation states, republics and democracies, such payouts are getting more prevalent under different guises. No wonder many democracies in Europe are going bankrupt and the people did not know where the state money goes to. It is convenient to just blame it on the welfare system. But without lifting the blinkers, they would not know how big is the political govt and the political payouts. They would not know that there is a horde of dependents happily being paid enormous sums of money by the people without the people having any clue to it.

The people in the countries of PIGS are thinking that they were the ones bleeding the countries through welfare schemes. They did not know of the bigger schemes that their elite are parties to, and taking much more than them. And the elite will never admit that they are in the take, taking money from the public coffer.

Sinkies lack motivation

Don’t laugh, this is true. And this is the reason why they are not keen to take on low paying jobs. How could they? How could they survive when a HDB flat cost several hundred thousand dollars, a car also cost a hundred thousand and 3 meals a day cost $15! And there is public transportation cost as well. So how to motivate them to accept lower paying jobs? Some may find it cheaper just to stay at home and live with their parents.

Money can fail to motivate when it is too little or not enough. And this can be relative and can also be real. A young adult will need a thousand dollars to get by a month not counting housing and household expenses. Anything less is just not enough. Would he be motivated to work for $1k pm or would he be motivated to work for $2k pm when the cost of living is so high?

At the other extreme, someone earning $30k pm, would he be motivated to change job that pays him $31k, and worst, when the heart is not in the new job, when there is simply no interest for the new job? Maybe try doubling the amount like $60k and throw in more perks for someone who is not interested but can be bought over. The excessively high offer could extract some interest for a while but not for along as money, like drugs, need to be increased in dosage to acquire the same effect as before. That means more money will be needed tomorrow, next month and next year to keep the employee interested.

This money and motivation problem could be seen among the gods. Look up into the clouds and it is not unusual to see the gods feeling down. Why should they be made to do things they are not interested when they were happy in what they were doing before? And offering them money, how much and how much more, and how much longer before they feel jaded again?

Is this the problem facing our political leadership? Putting square pegs into round holes and holding them there by plastering them with more money and more money? It is definitely easier and less costly to motivate someone earning $2k with a $20k job. He would work 24 hours for it and never feel tired. What effect would it be to offer someone $50k when the person is already getting $50k and to do something he does not like? Yes very costly and very ineffective.

Party time for Sinkies

The Trojan Horse is in the city. Let’s party. Sinkies are entering an enjoying the golden years. Prosperity is everywhere. Practically every other Sinkie is a millionaire or multi millionaire. Open the champagne, lay out the tables with good food and wine and everyone should go celebrate, have a good time.

There is no time to waste in whinning and kpkb. Enjoy while you can. Enjoy while it lasts. Pray the party never ends. Pray the night does not fall. There will be no hangovers the morning after. Sinkies will not remember when the party ends.

For those who are able and smarter, it is the time to grab as much as they could before the curtain comes down.

The ugly Japanese revealing their true colour

After the defeat in WW2, the Japanese took on a new persona, of efficient and meticulous businessmen and were very successful in that. They rebuilt their war torn and devastated country into a new modern and industrial economy. They travelled the world, invested in every country with their new found wealth, and wore impeccable business suits. And with the help of Hollywood’s romancing of the honourable samurai cult, they were projected as decent, well mannered and honourable people.

In a short span of 40/50 years, the cruel, barbaric and brutal soldiers that invaded practically every Asian country, plundered, raped and looted and killing their victims, pregnant women, the olds and the babies, in the most despicable and vicious ways, were changed. The silly Asians and the Westerners painted a wholesome and new image of an honourable and dignified people. And many believe so, especially the bananas.

The current dispute with China and Korea on some Chinese and Korean islands is like a rekindling and revisiting of the times of militaristic Japan, all might and arrogance. They were the most powerful Asian country then and took advantage of their military superiority to invade Asian countries, to conquer and to seize their wealth and land. Dokdo, Ryukyus, Diaoyus and Taiwan etc etc were lost to the Japanese by the logic of the gun.

And the countries are reclaiming their islands but facing the militant Japanese with their logic of the gun once again. The Japanese plainly insisted that these islands were theirs historically and refused to acknowledge how they were acquired by force. They still believe that if they carry a big gun, they could steal other country’s land as their own. And they will have their believers and sympathisers from the victim countries. And the Japanese also have the evil American Empire on their side, acting innocently claiming not to take sides by not standing on the side of logic and historical rights. The treacherous Americans even included the Diaoyu/Senkaku under the American Japan Defence Treaty.

And many silly Asian bananas would naively say that it was history, no need to fight over a few pieces of uninhabited islands. Why don’t they tell the robbers to lay off, no need to continue to insist that the islands they stole should be returned to the rightful owners?

The robber and gangster’s mentality of reasoning is very simple. They already have the loot in their pockets and would tell all the victim parties not to stir shit or revive history. Why should they when they are the gainers of other people’s land? So the victims who lost their land are seen as trouble makers, quarrelsome and not wanting to let the past be the past.

And the robbers and gangsters are standing on high pedestal as peaceful robbers and gangsters. The victims have no right to claim back what they have lost to the robbers and gangsters. This is the ugly Japanese of the past surfacing in the present, that might is right. Did anyone say the Japanese are honourable or dignified? They could think so by ignoring that the Japanese had raped, killed and looted their countries and do not feel any remorse about it. These are the type of losers that would be easy to rape and loot and to conquer. They will not resist and will fall in love with the dignity and honour of their violators.

PS. The Japanese are demanding the Russians to return the four islands taken from them in the same period of history.

China is again facing the danger of foreign aggression

China is again facing the danger of foreign aggression. War clouds are hovering in the horizon. This time the danger comes from the Evil Empire, US whic h is instigating and encouraging its colonial lap dog the Japanese to steal Chinese lands and territorial seas. The Evil Empire , US may create any incident to start a war with China either directly by itself or through its proxies like the Japs or the Pinoy vermins or Vietnamese rats.Whatever it is, China and every Chinese must be very vigilant and be constantly aware that the only true protection, safeguard and guarantee for Chinese peace and security is that China must have the strongest economy and most powerful military in the world, for without which China may suffer again as happened in the last century. China should not play the gentleman anymore. China should adopt a forward policy, be fiercer and more aggressive to attack and destroy all potential enemies  and if necessary to recover all territories stolen by foreign aggressors in the last century.

Singapore claims that  it does not lean on China or the Evil Empire. But Singapore is now a military base in which the Evil Empire operates its navy and airforce in and out freely . If the Evil Empire,US out of  economic and financial desperation starts a war with China, will Singapore still allow the Evil Empire to operate its navy and airforce freely in Singapore or will Singapore put a complete stop to the evil activities of the Evil Empire. The government should not expose Singapore and Singaporeans to the danger of nuclear annihilation and hence it should forthwith put a stop to US naval and airforce operations out of Singapore.