Your quarrel with the gahman and the question how it benefit you as an individual seemed so narrow-minded. I may agree with the gahman on these and like you angered by some of their actions and policies. But that does not take away my sense of elation and relief that these countries envious and at times unwilling to allow us to survive has been snooked. I do understand that our neighbours too do not owe us a living and if they have an advantage over us they will grab it. As a nation, we have to stand together against those who will do us in. I see nothing wrong in bitching against what we perceived as our gahman milking us to the hilt amongst other evils they had committed. However let us not be blinded by these grievances and be negative about their achievements for the good of Singapore.
Whatever the PAP has accomplished, they have kept the benefits for themselves. Even if the PAP are doing well, I as a citizen am getting very little value in return.
I can't even use my own CPF for medical expenses. On my last hospital stay I had to pay $$$ out of pocket even though I had more than enough in my medisave account. I cannot even make plans on what I can do with my CPF because they keep changing the rules.
I have not seen any benefits from a prosperous Spore. I still face high bills: utility, COE, income tax, gst, .... The cost to every Sporean has been steadily increasing without any letup even though we have a global recession.
I'm a semi-senior citizen & can compare to the past when Spore had less than 3 million people. Back then cost was cheaper & quality of life was better than it is today. So waving the flag & singing "Spore Sale" isn't going to convince me that life is better today