Comments on: $150 per month for severely disabled elderly – extended by only one year? http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/08/150-per-month-for-severely-disabled-elderly-%e2%80%93-extended-by-only-one-year/ Singapore's #1 Socio-Political Site Thu, 24 May 2012 15:26:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: MadHatter http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/08/150-per-month-for-severely-disabled-elderly-%e2%80%93-extended-by-only-one-year/comment-page-1/#comment-1753 MadHatter Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:09:17 +0000 http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/08/16/150-per-month-for-severely-disabled-elderly-%e2%80%93-extended-by-only-one-year/#comment-1753 I guess it's all in the definition of words used. "Golden period" - most would more or less know what this stands for, but in the current context, the question is golden, perhaps, but for whom exactly? Vaguely similar to an earlier issue about the disapproving of a minor increase of public assistance on the grounds of not wanting to build an welfare state-like environment, I'm pretty sure the one-year extension has its logical-sounding reasoning. However, one has to someday - hopefully sooner rather than later - ask when will we stop viewing everything strictly from an economic (read - dollars and cents) standpoint? I guess it’s all in the definition of words used. “Golden period” – most would more or less know what this stands for, but in the current context, the question is golden, perhaps, but for whom exactly?

Vaguely similar to an earlier issue about the disapproving of a minor increase of public assistance on the grounds of not wanting to build an welfare state-like environment, I’m pretty sure the one-year extension has its logical-sounding reasoning. However, one has to someday – hopefully sooner rather than later – ask when will we stop viewing everything strictly from an economic (read – dollars and cents) standpoint?

]]> By: Eddie Loh http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/08/150-per-month-for-severely-disabled-elderly-%e2%80%93-extended-by-only-one-year/comment-page-1/#comment-1752 Eddie Loh Fri, 17 Aug 2007 01:53:56 +0000 http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/08/16/150-per-month-for-severely-disabled-elderly-%e2%80%93-extended-by-only-one-year/#comment-1752 Quote from your article: "The reason given for the recent GST hike was to help the poor." You forgot that the "poor" include our super talent ministers who have to be pay sky high wages to be "cleaned" and "efficient" to govern this little red dot. Till now, I'm not convince of the need to increase the GST from 5% to 7% which IMHO was an uncalled exercise which bring no benefits but great sufferings and hardships to the poor and middle-class peasants. Now we are told our CPF money is not enough for our retirement and we have to work till we drop dead. Quote from your article:

“The reason given for the recent GST hike was to help the poor.”

You forgot that the “poor” include our super talent ministers who have to be pay sky high wages to be “cleaned” and “efficient” to govern this little red dot.

Till now, I’m not convince of the need to increase the GST from 5% to 7% which IMHO was an uncalled exercise which bring no benefits but great sufferings and hardships to the poor and middle-class peasants.

Now we are told our CPF money is not enough for our retirement and we have to work till we drop dead.

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