Each time sinkies want to complain that PAP ministers and civil servants are the world best paid politicians, I always laugh at their stupidity. PAP ministers are only paid around $2-3M a year. Politicians in most Third World countries officially take a much lower pay, but under the table collect hundreds of millions of dollars from their own private deals. Anyone still remember Marcos from the Philippines?
Ah Gong got it right when he paid civil servant and politicians enough money to live comfortably and to reduce the temptation for corruption, and at the same time, strengthening CPIB to go after corruption at all levels.
Anyone who thinks PAP is overpaid should go Google for corruption in typical Asiatic, African, Latin American, Russian and post-Soviet republics. That will show you must little we actually pay our politicians, once we factor in all the extra coffee money.
Ah Gong got it right when he paid civil servant and politicians enough money to live comfortably and to reduce the temptation for corruption, and at the same time, strengthening CPIB to go after corruption at all levels.
Anyone who thinks PAP is overpaid should go Google for corruption in typical Asiatic, African, Latin American, Russian and post-Soviet republics. That will show you must little we actually pay our politicians, once we factor in all the extra coffee money.
