Originally posted by Fantagf:We have compiled a table of various data to compare between our leader and other countries’ to answer the mind boggling question of “whether the Singaporean government is worth its weight in gold?”
Denmark
PM - Lars Lokke Rasmussen Salary (US$): $210,036 Corruption Ranking (a) : 2
Democracy Ranking (b): 1 Quality of Life Ranking (c): 16
GDP per capita (Int. $): 36,725
New Zealand
P M - John Key Salary (US$): $253,746 Corruption Ranking (a) : 1
Democracy Ranking (b): 3 Quality of Life Ranking (c): 5
GDP per capita (Int. $): 26,625
USA
President - Barack Obama Salary (US$): $400,000 Corruption Ranking (a) : 16
Democracy Ranking (b): 15 Quality of Life Ranking (c): 7
GDP per capita (Int. $): 46,443
Sweden
PM - Fredrik Reinfeldt Salary (US$): $236,000 Corruption Ranking (a): 3
Democracy Ranking (b): 2 Quality of Life Ranking (c): 30
GDP per capita (Int. $): 35,934
SINGAPORE
PM – Lee Hsien Loong Salary (US$): $2,856,930 Corruption Ranking (a): 4
Democracy Ranking (b): 71 Quality of Life Ranking (c): 70
GDP per capita (Int. $): 49,433
* Salaries are from various sources.
* (a&b) Corruption & democracy ranking – http://www.worldaudit.org/corruption.htm
* (c) Quality of life ranking – http://www1.internationalliving.com/qofl2010/
* GDP per capita from International Monetary Fund – http://imf.org/
Aren't we proud that our ministers are getting higher paid than others??
Get highest salary in the world but performance is extremely mediocre or worse. T
Their salary does not match their performance.
Wasting taxpayers' $$
Originally posted by Fantagf:Get highest salary in the world but performance is extremely mediocre or worse. T
Their salary does not match their performance.
Wasting taxpayers' $$
no lah, we paid very less tax, so instead we pay them, make them happy, so we paid lesser tax and get more rebate mah...aiyo, nevermind lah, govt happy, all happy. It is not like we cannot afford to pay them, we are also paid and earned well mah.
Originally posted by angel7030:
no lah, we paid very less tax, so instead we pay them, make them happy, so we paid lesser tax and get more rebate mah...aiyo, nevermind lah, govt happy, all happy. It is not like we cannot afford to pay them, we are also paid and earned well mah.
As usual, nothing constructive to add to this thread but to make a useless entry to chalk up another effort to draw attention to your exxistence as an "Attention Seeking Whore".
Go back to Taiwan - they will welcome your presence as their resident Taiwanese 'hum'.
Go pack my bags..
Originally posted by angel7030:Go pack my bags..
Hurry up and make sure it is a one-way ticket to your village in Taiwan.
They will satisfy your craving as an 'Attention Seeking Whore'.
Stay out of Singapore Politics.
no choice some people got only rich old man to discipline
sorry lah i forgot the old man busy shopping with his GF
Originally posted by angel7030:
no lah, we paid very less tax, so instead we pay them, make them happy, so we paid lesser tax and get more rebate mah...aiyo, nevermind lah, govt happy, all happy. It is not like we cannot afford to pay them, we are also paid and earned well mah.
Nothing but more rubbish.
We pay less tax?
Water Conservation Tax, Water-borned Fee, GST, Petrol tax, Road Tax, just to name a few. Not to mention the 'non-taxes' - COE, ERP, etc
You should seriously pack your bags, because you really have nothing to offer besides a brain for everyone to make fun of.
Then again, our country is short of clowns. Maybe you can consider applying to be one.
Originally posted by soul_rage:Nothing but more rubbish.
We pay less tax?
Water Conservation Tax, Water-borned Fee, GST, Petrol tax, Road Tax, just to name a few. Not to mention the 'non-taxes' - COE, ERP, etc
You should seriously pack your bags, because you really have nothing to offer besides a brain for everyone to make fun of.
Then again, our country is short of clowns. Maybe you can consider applying to be one.
But remember they give you nice good road, garden surrounding...all these no need money ar??? in fact talking about COE, ERP, petrol and road tax, if you dun drive, you dun hv to pay and yet can enjoy good pavements, clean and gardened surrounding.
Taken as only the rich or able Drive, so if you are average and dun drive,...you are enjoying the fruit of the rich too. Open you mind ya.
Originally posted by angel7030:
But remember they give you nice good road, garden surrounding...all these no need money ar??? in fact talking about COE, ERP, petrol and road tax, if you dun drive, you dun hv to pay and yet can enjoy good pavements, clean and gardened surrounding.Taken as only the rich or able Drive, so if you are average and dun drive,...you are enjoying the fruit of the rich too. Open you mind ya.
You have a lot of rubbish to offer.
Other countries got no good road, no good garden, no good pavement is it?
Quite a bit of rubbish. Till now, can still remember you pretending to be a bar owner, then a tax expert, then an economist.
Make your mind will ya? Nothing more than a failure in life.
Originally posted by soul_rage:You have a lot of rubbish to offer.
Other countries got no good road, no good garden, no good pavement is it?
Quite a bit of rubbish. Till now, can still remember you pretending to be a bar owner, then a tax expert, then an economist.
Make your mind will ya? Nothing more than a failure in life.
no lah, in malaysia, i fell down on the pavement because the brick all crooked, in thailand, i kenna knock by motorcycle because no pavement to walk and the road is jam packed, then in cambodia, i got bitten by a snake, cos the road side also got snake holes, ....even i go hk, i cannot hardly work, so narrow the space and yet so much peoples, then in suzhou, peoples squat and shit along the road, which make up of red soil and pebbles, how to walk?? Aiyo, sometime, you live in heaven and still think it is hell,..no wonder the soul is alway raging.
dun bully angel7030 until like dat...shes just joking...wait till she jump down or die mysteriously then how?
then chang tok chang lor...i want Rony Tan to be my pastor if i die...sure sent me to hell one...
At least in Singapore its safe and infrastructure is good. Gotta give credit for that
ya, good place for funneral too, so peaceful
Originally posted by angel7030:
no lah, in malaysia, i fell down on the pavement because the brick all crooked, in thailand, i kenna knock by motorcycle because no pavement to walk and the road is jam packed, then in cambodia, i got bitten by a snake, cos the road side also got snake holes, ....even i go hk, i cannot hardly work, so narrow the space and yet so much peoples, then in suzhou, peoples squat and shit along the road, which make up of red soil and pebbles, how to walk?? Aiyo, sometime, you live in heaven and still think it is hell,..no wonder the soul is alway raging.
woah... I applaud you for the same mentality as our govt. This is selective comparison.
So you compare with 3rd world countries eh. Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand. I suppose you have never been to South Korea, where the roads are as clean as ours, Japan, where the train is better than ours. You also forgot to mention that with the influx of foreigners so that they work at horrid conditions for you, SG will soon become HK, where you can hardly walk in certain places.
And in UK, lots of walking places, US lots of walking places, I can give you more places for PROPER comparisons.
The point being, you are just like the govt, only compare against countries that make us look good. It's sad, coz we are just deluding ourselves when we do not have the guts to compare with countries that have similar or better standards.
Singapore is never a heaven. It's just a NORMAL place to live in, but which our govt try to make it look like the best, when in fact, it's just ORDINARY.
An ordinary place with the most expensive govt in the world.
Originally posted by soul_rage:woah... I applaud you for the same mentality as our govt. This is selective comparison.
So you compare with 3rd world countries eh. Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand. I suppose you have never been to South Korea, where the roads are as clean as ours, Japan, where the train is better than ours. You also forgot to mention that with the influx of foreigners so that they work at horrid conditions for you, SG will soon become HK, where you can hardly walk in certain places.
And in UK, lots of walking places, US lots of walking places, I can give you more places for PROPER comparisons.
The point being, you are just like the govt, only compare against countries that make us look good. It's sad, coz we are just deluding ourselves when we do not have the guts to compare with countries that have similar or better standards.
Singapore is never a heaven. It's just a NORMAL place to live in, but which our govt try to make it look like the BEST, when in fact, it's just ordinary.
An ordinary place with the most expensive govt in the world.
i don't think that person is a local may be a pr - this is my assumption
cos that person did not want to scan his/her birth cert
Originally posted by dadeadman1337:At least in Singapore its safe and infrastructure is good. Gotta give credit for that
I never said we do not give DUE credit
But over-claiming of credit is similar to bankers overrewarding themselves
There are many countries in the world that have similar or better standards of safety and infrastructure. There is nothing extraordinary about what we have in Singapore. Once you travel and work in different parts of the world, you will know that. People who believe we have the best things in the world are just frogs in the well.
we paid a high prices for good infrastructure
erp, high taxis fare, smrt and bus fares also
Originally posted by quitter / loser roll back:we paid a high prices for good infrastructure
erp, high taxis fare, smrt and bus fares also
That I have to disagree to some extent.
Our prices for public transport are still reasonable actually. The cost of travel in many countries by public transport is very expensive. Take for example, UK, where travelling from the airport to the centre of london would cost UK4.50 off-peak, and I believe it's UK7.50 on-peak.
But then again, many people own cars in other countries, therefore the cost of public transport is spread on a lesser group of the population.
I agree on the point about ERP. It's really just another excuse to make $$$ from already taxed locals.
Originally posted by soul_rage:That I have to disagree to some extent.
Our prices are still reasonable actually. The cost of travel in many countries by public transport is very expensive. Take for example, UK, where travelling from the airport to the centre of london would cost UK4.50 off-peak, and I believe it's UK7.50 on-peak.
But then again, many people own cars in other countries, therefore the cost of public transport is spread on a lesser group of the population.
we cannot sustain the quality of life with too high a cost without concrete or better returns to the lower rungs...albeit the idealistic visions of the ruling party...
if we have read George Orwell's classic satire, Animal Farm...the quality of life at the farm seen improved infrastructures and environment of Mr Jones's house after he had been ousted by the pigs...the sloggers (the mule, the cats and dogs etc.) soon found themselves work to death under "pretty nice phrases and propagandas of the pigs" as part of their social consolation that the workers towards their good....4 legs good..2 legs bad...
Be on guard of such dogmas...do challenge them with better and genuine oppositions who will sincerely voice for us...
USA
President - Barack Obama Salary (US$): $400,000 Corruption Ranking (a) : 16
Democracy Ranking (b): 15 Quality of Life Ranking (c): 7
GDP per capita (Int. $): 46,443
Sweden
PM - Fredrik Reinfeldt Salary (US$): $236,000 Corruption Ranking (a): 3
Democracy Ranking (b): 2 Quality of Life Ranking (c): 30
GDP per capita (Int. $): 35,934
SINGAPORE
PM – Lee Hsien Loong Salary (US$): $2,856,930 Corruption Ranking (a): 4
Democracy Ranking (b): 71 Quality of Life Ranking (c): 70
GDP per capita (Int. $): 49,43
Singapore GDP is higher than US?????? Is that true?
outrageous Pig style's salary, isnt it?
Singapore becomes Farm Ville like Orwell's Animal Farm..
kock kock kay...yee haa
Originally posted by Hitman~:dun bully angel7030 until like dat...shes just joking...wait till she jump down or die mysteriously then how?
If the Taiwanese 'hum' - "jump down or die mysteriously then how" ?
It will make good fertilizer for food to be grown.
The Taiwanese 'hum' will serve mankind better when dead.