“Upping wages to offset inflation was no cure as it would simply cause employers to pass the costs on to consumers as well as dent Singapore’s competitiveness.”
Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam (Straits Times)
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No words can describe the utter disgust i have of Tharman. He have no shame, with his million dollar salary by uttering such remarks. May Tharman the Heartless lose in the next election.
I think the single most important contribution to inflation today, is the rise in Minister’s salaries, followed by the rise in salary of all civil servants – which occurred last year.
As it is, PAP manifesto has failed – as the bottom 20% income earners saw a dip in salary, but inflation is shooting to 10 percent. What a shame. I am beginning to reject their manifesto.
Daniel
A few year ago he tired to sue Devan Nair in Canada, his case was thrown out, don’t have the details, maybe some of you can help here.
I think he has crossed the line and I’ve totally lost all respect for him, sad.
If he keeps going on like this , he’s going to be seen like a laughing stock to the younger people. Talk to them and they have such a low impression of him, just step down and let go.
“If he keeps going on like this , he’s going to be seen like a laughing stock to the younger people. ”
People already have low impression of the old man. Only the MSM and textbook glorify him and his kingdom since publisher and GLC relies on him for $$$$$$$$$. As layman who attune to the never-ending PayAndPay scheme, we should known that. It is very scary that each day the local AngMoh is now blatantly exposing the oldman’s rhetoric and lies, and yet many Singaporean still seem apathetic about what happen.
This oldman is getting comical and irrational each day, and his ministers seem to contract his ‘disease’ in the same way, giving rubbish and nonsense to justify price hike and ERP, and treating Singaporean like a fool. For all I known, he is already a laughing stock and run the world’s most expensive circus. Oh yeah, we are his paying audience, and also his clowns because we keep quiet and let this fool exploit.
Really, what has become of Singapore ?
I think come next election, PAP going to get a shock, how much singaporeans really hate them.
I guess the young generation will not vote for them, the mid ones hate them, the old ones who are without jobs loathe them…
me i wish them all dead.
If the country cannot afford to pay its civil servants then its called deficit. How high do they want their salaries to rise while at the same time the private sector suffers from the high cost of living. It’s called class society.
OT: haha…. good job digging up this old thread.
Anyway, why employers also cannot pass on the costs when the levy is increased? same thing right? So, by his statement, increasing levy is not a cure too! so what is it for?
for once i agreed mr tharman!so you and your colleagues should lower your salaries too!
Upping salaries of workers are not a solution?
I would say upping your salaries and the other salaries of other pigs are definitely not a solution.
The results of the last decade is a clear demonstration.
Upping the salaries of workers are not a solution? Then why increase productivity whose end result is upping salaries.
and upping levy would work?
And upping GST would not work in the same way?
As if the employers absorb GST increases…
7%/5% is about 20% increase.
If we get 5% increase in salary, we should be laughing already.
I will suggest to my boss to up my wages so that i will not be tempted to receive bribes and be corrupted.
i want let all know what my boss say when I suggest this afterwards.
Mr. Tharman, should a finance minister lost his own (govt) laptop on an official trip? In the end, seems like even our own multi millionaires don’t need to account for responsibilities…