I firstly see no economic plan in the SDP's manifesto. Free Trade? Increase or Decrease government expenditure on infrastructure? Income Tax levels on MNCs? Interest rate/Exchange rate?
The PAP never had any economic plan beyond the Goh Kheng Swee Era either.
They hired a dutch economist in the 70s who told the govt that a high wage policy was the way to go. The NWC cranked up everyone's wages and the MNCs started leaving in droves. They had no choice but to do a U turn...no sorry.. a
rethink.
In the 70s, they also decided that "stop at 2" was good for the economy. A decade down the road. ... it was "oops".. I think we need 3 or more if we can afford it.
They've also gone through umpteen "HUB" grand plans... none of which have ever taken off.
Gambling used to be bad for the economy and Motor racing was for Ah Bengs with souped up Celicas and Nissan SSSs.
Now gambling is the saviour of the economy and Motor Racing is the best thing that ever happened to sillypore.
The final solution to keeping singapore going... let in 3/4 of the Chinese female population so they can sell their cheebyes at every street corner.
The SDP may not have a grand economic plan but they can't possibly be any worse than the Pappies.
I'm also confident that the SDP would rank citizens ahead of foreigners. The PAP treats Sinkies worse than a bad smell. I've never come across a govt that gives more privileges and spends more tax money on foreigners than it does it's own citizens.
If I restricted freedom of speech, I would simply have deleted your post.
