Comments on: GDP vs GNH (Gross National Happiness)

By: Quotable Quotes

Quotable Quotes — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:37:14 +0000

“Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally”. – Original quote by Abraham Lincoln

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for “cheaper, faster, better”, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. – What Abraham Lincoln will say to U-Know-Who.

By: Yamamoto

Yamamoto — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:52:49 +0000

Trial and error….if this doesn’t work…we will try something next…

By: sgcynic

sgcynic — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:08:48 +0000

When China and India rose, the garmen told us that Singapore would move up the value chain to remain competitive, and that we need not fear the inevitable exodus of the manufacturing industry. What has happened since then? Opening up not one but two casinos and floodgates to foreign talent and sundry. Now they tell us CBF (cheaper, better, faster). Back to square one?

By: anakin

anakin — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:57:22 +0000

sorry, typo, should read “never mind, we got FTs/FWs/even rich FIs to take your place.”

By: anakin

anakin — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:56:32 +0000

Got no $ for HDB loan, never mind, we got FTs/FWs/even rich FIs to talk your place. Its all about the the money, One people, one nation, One $ingapore…..hahaha

By: Mati Diri

Mati Diri — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:34:24 +0000

Singaporeans should feel lucky that LSS did not sweet say that we should work for him and his colleagues for a token as a form of national service and nation building.

By: yes, we want faster, cheaper, better .

yes, we want faster, cheaper, better . — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:00:20 +0000

Faster, cheaper, better ……. look at your own members first. Are all of you faster, cheaper, better …. all of you are the most expensive in the world (minus those much worser corrupt third world countries).

While static variables like land, properties (internally controllable place of doing business) & other important commodities (externally uncontrollable excepting for internal agency costs) are going up and up, especially properties even during this recessionary period, creating more tension & cost pressure on blood & sweat non-static labour, how does the statement on faster, cheaper & better labour force gel up with this sad reality……

By: cheapskateoverpaidminister@large

cheapskateoverpaidminister@large — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:34:52 +0000

[i]suzieTay on October 19th, 2009 10.38 am Yep, that’s their modus operandi.

When the economy’s good (obviously due to global factors), they’ll claim that it is due to their good management, [/i]

and when they cannot rebutt, they leaved it to their press secretary who had said
‘WE AGREED TO A DISAGREEMENT’

machiam machiam liked i askin for a splinter want to copulate tonight?

By: suzieTay

suzieTay — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:38:49 +0000

Yep, that’s their modus operandi.

When the economy’s good (obviously due to global factors), they’ll claim that it is due to their good management, everything’s rosy and heading for a Swiss std. Thus, it is all due to their effort and they deserve much more than the MILLIONS salaries they are getting.

When the economy’s in the doldrums, now they claim it is due to the global factors and beyond their control. No more Swiss std for you, you have been too complacent and thus resulting in you having to compete with FTs/FWs to be CHEAPER. It has nothing to do with their management and thus they STILL deserve the MILLIONS salaries they’re still getting.

By: Wee SK

Wee SK — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:35:13 +0000

CFB (Cheaper, faster, better), TCSS (talk c**k, sing song).

By: New Era

New Era — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:18:49 +0000

The PAPies are only interested in finding ways to increase the salaries.

Vote in the opposition for a better future.

By: leesjuanpat

leesjuanpat — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:19:55 +0000

Same old rhetorics of the PAP system. To the citizens of S’pore, we must live cheaper, being paid cheaper salary, etc and die cheaper paying our lifetime for the mortgage on our high price HDB home. The high COST OF LIVING.

How can we keep up with this totalitarian system of bloodsucking government ?
Most of us are reduced to mere digits. Do we still want such government?
Can we make a change for a better life and future for our children and grandchildren.?

The social divide is widening everyday and the super Ministars and their cronies are stacking money into own pockets and fattening their bank account.s.

We are all left behind to work CHEAP, FASTER and BETTER to our graves without seeing the light of day.

How can our once inspiring government changed to be egocentric and egregious. WE NEED A CHANGE FOR THE PEOPLE to live a more decent
existence than what we bargain for !!