Recent content by ManBearPig62

A political masterstroke. Even though it is a powerful symbol; in practical terms, it doesn't cost them anything as they can easily keep pulling strings behind the scenes. The problem is the party's policies, not individual personalities. If the policies remain as screwed up as ever, nothing...

http://www.nab.com.au/wps/wcm/connect/nab/nab/home/personal_finance/6/3/nab_article_088716?urid=1302953868118

When you are in a hole, the first thing to do is to stop digging. So he's implicitly admitted that the Government makes money from land sales. Whether it goes to reserves or not, doesn't matter. That his "market subsidy" is not a subsidy at all. Well done. Make sure every...

Very useful, thanks.

You've just gotta love people who try to compare tax rates without considering income levels.

Hey Sam you forgot two very important words. "However, you can use it if you're willing to buy a $40,000 home for $400,000 ... from us."

Thanks for explaining that. But that's the problem. Without the details, its very hard to get any useful information from a financial statement like this.

http://www88.hdb.gov.sg/eBook/AnnualReport/Financial2010.html Was having a look at this the other day. Yes, I am a nerd who likes numbers. :D One interesting thing I noticed is that they mentioned in the summary they had about 3.34 billion of capital expenditure that year. But I can't seem...

There are about 1800 pilots working for SIA. How many of them will be retiring this year at 62? If you want to take a long shot and go for point e), how many of them are 62-65 this year? You expect us to buy the argument that ALPA-S is going to so much trouble and will create a major...

I think you are wasting your time, ask him for his source and he is twisting and turning. Repeating the same point over and over again. I've seen this behaviour in other threads before.

If they want to "hide the embarassing facts", surely they are aware of them? :D Wayang lah...

Bro, you have some good points there. I suspect that the father has a business and is still working in Singapore, but family stays in the US. Singapore is a good place for business and making contacts. I have a friend who does that, fly-in-fly-out. That would explain a lot of things.

This whole business about retiring at 62 or 65 is irrelevant. If SIA is going to re-employ them at 62 under the legislation, then re-employ them at the same wage and not cut it by 8K, because they are doing the same job, with the same level of skill, under the same conditions. It's that simple.

Re: MM Lee says this year growth will be slower becos of fewer PRs granted. Do you ag http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=wb-wdi&met=ny_gdp_mktp_kd_zg&idim=country:SGP&dl=en&hl=en&q=singapore+gdp+growth+rate Immigration all the way up from 2005, but GDP growth rate all the way down to...

Waiting 2 more fucking years before leaving makes all the difference eh. Waste of 2 years = That's absolutely right. No choice, unless you want to never step foot into SG ever again. Very few guys at his age have the conviction to know what they are doing and the guts to rebel against their...