YSL Repented From Voting For TLH

[Ramseth]

http://yawshinleong.blogspot.com/2008/11/handle-taxpayers-monies-with-caution.html

Handle Taxpayers’ Monies with Caution


I refer to TODAY’s article ‘Dr Teo says be thankful’ (19th Nov 2008)

After my 2 days NS- refresher training course, I have the opportunity to catch up with my newspapers readings. I read with great distress how $16 million dollars of taxpayers’ monies were loosely described as ‘a mere couple of percentage’ by the PAP parliamentarians. I am sure we can still recall a particular ‘peanuts’ comment...

The response given by Dr Teo Ho Pin (my MP) explaining off the potential $8 million loss by his Holland-Bukit Panjang Town Council was particularly disturbing. He said ‘they (residents) should thank the Town Council for working hard to come up with a diversified portfolio to generate income so that residents do not have to fork out more money’

Dr Teo’s response personified PAP’s arrogance at its best. Had it been so fantastic, despite the sc/cc hike freeze, why are our sc/cc charges by PAP town councils are still on the high side? Refer to an Asiaone article on this issue here.

Also Dr Teo’s comments were particularly upsetting to me at the personal level. Reason being, it is a sore reminder of my GE06 vote to Dr Teo based on my shallow personal liking for him. Read my earlier blog post on this issue here.

It is true that nobody could have possibly predicted about the financial tsunami that has swept across the globe, affecting even ordinary people in the streets. It is also true that nobody with hindsight would want to lose their hard-earned monies.

However whether it is $1 dollar or $16 million, all monies that originate from taxpayers must be handled with prudence and caution. Under all circumstances, capital guaranteed investments should be chosen in place of non-capital guaranteed high-risk investments. From my understanding, this is the prudent practice undertaken by the Hougang Town Council.

The series of major blunders made by the PAP over the last few months, once again reminded fellow Singaporeans (myself included) that we must not take for granted that past performances are indicative of future ones.

It is therefore highly critical for us Singaporeans to build up political insurance, (specifically by voting in WP candidates) in the coming GE against future PAP’s arrogance and excessiveness.

 

[kakowi]

if it is indeed true that hougang tc and potong pasir tc are unscathed, then it is high time the wp and spp trumpet their value - careful consideration, careful management of the monies 'entrusted' to them by their residents

and by extrapolation, careful use of the nation's money

at the least they will not lose billions of taxpayers money and that translates to billions of retained monies for the taxpayers and definitely beyond any doubt, no costs for the taxpayers to offset

 

[Leegimeremover]

if it is indeed true that hougang tc and potong pasir tc are unscathed, then it is high time the wp and spp trumpet their value - careful consideration, careful management of the monies 'entrusted' to them by their residents

and by extrapolation, careful use of the nation's money

at the least they will not lose billions of taxpayers money and that translates to billions of retained monies for the taxpayers and definitely beyond any doubt, no costs for the taxpayers to offset

Just list out the hundreds of wrong PAP has done to Singaporeans in the past 50 years and you have a winning election, from languages and dialects, stop at two, not marrying, skills upgrade, immigration policy, CPF, income inequality, bad education, discriminatory employment policies, labor rights, HDB, the arts, civil freedoms, information control, foreign policy.... You name it they fucked it. Just keep listing them and you will realize how fear has stopped your rationality. No one wants to list it and therefore you have no courage to think out of the box. We live on hope not fear. Fear is an LKY still traumatized by the Kempeitai.

 

[The_Latest_H]

Well, I never had to vote for TLH, in the first place. Neither did I vote for Chan Soo Chen in 2006. But people make mistakes, as we are all humans.

In any case, let bygones be bygones and we just have to ensure that our sense of judgment would be better next time.

 

[Porfirio Rubirosa]

Hey I thought TLH is a political dissident who had to skip town before PAP govt squeezed his balls

Should be THP right