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S'pore to raise retirement age to 64 in 2026

Leetirement age going up means the gov is useless.
A good gov is supposed to make the Leetirement down and not up.
Fuck canto leng and LW
Similarly the gov is proud that 50% of sinkies doesn't need to pay income tax and the criteria in order not to pay is a chargeable income of less than 20k

Fuck canto leng and LW deep deep

 
Similarly the gov is proud that 50% of sinkies doesn't need to pay income tax and the criteria in order not to pay is a chargeable income of less than 20k

Fuck canto leng and LW deep deep

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And similarly the gov was proud to announce 1.5mil qualified the topup of medisave and criteria is to earn less than $34k.

Fuck canto leng and LW deep and deeper.

 
That is very book theory. Does not reflect reality. No companies give a fuck what the govt say.. profit is the thing. If you reach certain age and the company feels that u are a liability. Bye bye to ur job.
Our pro-business and pro-employer govt says that the official retirement age is a guideline (not law), so employers could not care less about. The are able to fire a senior staff by citing poor work performance which is subjective.
 
And similarly the gov was proud to announce 1.5mil qualified the topup of medisave and criteria is to earn less than $34k.

Fuck canto leng and LW deep and deeper.

Hence of course gov need to raise the Leetirement age or else many sinkies will jump.
And the gov is proud to announce this.

Noone dare to beat canto leng and LW to puppy?
 
You hit the nail squarely on its head! Based on the experience of many of my ex-classmates, the axe tends to fall in the private sector by age 45. Some of them bounced back to white collar positions similar to their last job, but most fell off the cliff to either be self-employed or doing gig work far beneath their experience and qualifications.


Well… there are Foods Delivery Jobs, Drive Grab, Collected Waste Paper Cardboard, Hawker Centre Dish Washers and Collectors for Singaporean above 45……
 
Leetirement age going up means the gov is useless.
A good gov is supposed to make the Leetirement down and not up.
Fuck canto leng and LW
They vapourise the purchase power of SGD as curry cheekon Mee selling for $8.5 now …. It is only $4 in 2020
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https://seekingalpha.com/article/4778446-gold-not-going-up-money-losing-value


Gold Isn't Going Up - Your Money Is Just Losing Value​

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Summary​

  • Inflation is caused by the growth of the money supply, and gold is a strong hedge because it rises alongside it.
  • I realize there’s a noticeable discrepancy between the roughly 80% loss of purchasing power in terms of gold and the 31% loss according to official CPI data.
  • Gold is soaring because fiat currencies—including the U.S. dollar—are taking yet another hit to their purchasing power.


Woman putting savings in a golden piggy bank while standing in front of a window.



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By Jesse Colombo
 
Inflation is caused by the growth of the money supply, and gold is a strong hedge because it rises alongside it.

Whenever gold rises and I get excited as a gold investor, I’m often met with the familiar refrain: "Gold isn’t really going up—the dollar is just losing value."

I used to brush that off as a cliché or a semantics game, and honestly, it annoyed me. But eventually, I decided to dig deeper. I started analyzing the data visually—my favorite way to learn—and that’s when it really clicked: they were right.

Gold wasn’t so much soaring as fiat or paper currencies were quietly eroding. Since then, I’ve made it a mission to help others see this clearly, too—through compelling charts that drive the point home. And that’s exactly what I’m going to show you today.

Let’s start with a clear visual: the chart below shows gold’s performance since 2007 in several major world currencies: the U.S. dollar, euro, British pound, Swiss franc, Canadian dollar, Japanese yen, and Australian dollar. While not an exhaustive list of global currencies, this group provides a solid and representative sample for the points I’ll be making throughout this piece.

As the chart reveals, gold has surged by roughly 400% in most of these currencies—with gains ranging from a low of 238% in Swiss francs to a staggering 651% in British pounds.
 
Gold's Performance in Major Currencies


Next, I’ll present the same data from a different perspective—this time highlighting the purchasing power of each currency relative to gold, or in other words, how much physical gold each currency could buy over time.

Since 2007, the major world currencies featured in this article have lost approximately 80% of their purchasing power when measured against gold. On the low end, the Swiss franc has declined by about 70%, while the British pound has suffered the most, with an 87% loss.

This chart offers compelling visual evidence of a critical truth: gold isn’t actually rising in value—fiat/paper currencies are losing purchasing power at an alarming rate:

Major Currencies' Plunging Purchasing Power vs Gold
 
So why are we using gold as the yardstick? Because it’s the most reliable monetary yardstick in history.

For over 6,000 years, gold has served humanity as the premier form of money and store of value. While it temporarily fell out of favor starting in the 1970s, it’s now making a powerful comeback as the world begins to recognize the deep flaws in our fiat money and monetary system—flaws that have led to rampant inflation and terrifying financial instability.

That’s why people around the globe are turning back to gold in increasing numbers, helping drive its price to nearly double over the past five years. And in my view, this move is still in its early stages.

If you're skeptical about using gold as a yardstick for measuring currency purchasing power, rest assured—its decline is confirmed by other metrics as well. The most widely used is the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which tracks the average change in prices over time for a fixed basket of goods and services.

I calculated the average CPI for the major world currencies referenced throughout this article and found that, on average, they’ve lost 31% of their purchasing power since 2007.

The resulting chart closely mirrors the gold-based purchasing power chart shown earlier, with the steepest declines occurring during two key periods: 2007 to 2012 and 2020 to 2023—both of which were periods of heavy monetary expansion during recessions.

Purchasing Power Decline of Major World Currencies


Now, I realize there’s a noticeable discrepancy between the roughly 80% loss of purchasing power in terms of gold and the 31% loss according to official CPI data.
 
Well… there are Foods Delivery Jobs, Drive Grab, Collected Waste Paper Cardboard, Hawker Centre Dish Washers and Collectors for Singaporean above 45……
Those blue collar jobs come under the self-employed or doing gig work far beneath their experience and qualifications which I alluded to in my previous post.
 
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