Where does one go in this country Singapore...all you can do is to run away...escape into work and forget about the troubles.... which.... trouble you or do something to escape the realism ..the expensive reality i live in....
The budget was recently anncouced, 1st time by the 2nd finance minister....i presume...
what was the main issue.... a 2% increase in VAT...or GST for us ...to 7%...a big increase for all...and for most people like me...
See i make about 1500SGD a month...and complusory savings by the govt is 20% my share which amounts to about $300 and the employer adds another 13%...that is all i have for savings which,.....when i retire....
i can take half out when i am 55 years old...the other half is given monthly...
That is all i have for savings...which in total a month is about 450SGD....
Now what about the monthly expenditure...1200...i spend it all...no one bit choice at all.....to save....
This country is so expensive that i have to borrow as well..after two weeks....
Now GST ...is on all goods ...all basic neccesity...everything....
why tax the rice i eat..why tax the milk i buy..why tax the damn...things which i..... must..... have to survive.....i really don't understand....
Now the budget gave some off set packages..namely 1000sgd over 4 years...can you imagine that to offset....the GST hike....
AND.... one minister even said( i thought this chap was smart, now i realise he is just another one)..that those who get the money will spend it immediately....like me...
of course they would..cos that's how expensive life is....for pheasants.....
Now with all this taxes....THEY did not cover a one too many DRAINS....a man even died....
my niece and her family with myself when out for dinner to a nearby coffee shop...and
after dinner we walked by to my brother's car...and guess what...
there was this big one meter deep drain right beside the pavement....after the drain the car was parked....
completely uncovered...all the way to the strech.....
and with dim or almost no street lights ...she fell inside....in fact she just walked in as i shouted...to her..she is only 7....
a deep gash on the chin....which needed stiches...and a misalignment to her jaw.... the result...
and all expenses on us for medical.....(i'll come to the sueing part in a while)
What the fuck were they doing with the tax money you may ask...i will tell you.....
they pay themselves in millions annually...highest paid politicians in the world....
they did not cover a drain 1 meter deep....with no sign saying there is a drain...no...DUTY OF CARE NOR STANDARD of care...2 limbs for case law in negligence.....
NONE...that is how this country operates....fix it as we go along....but lets pay ourselves..... as if.... we have done everything....
.... what idiots.....i am raging to sue the town council...but my sister the person ...haven't made a decision yet....
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