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Like i have said, a minimum wage law would make Singaporeans less attractive to hire for the low end jobs because foreigners are able and very willing to take less then that minimum wage. And not to forget the impact it can have on SME and startups. It is very appealing socially and...

Your arguments are only valid with the assumption that employers and governments have perfect information. Without this, minimum wage can only be set and enforced on a very limited level.

Im sure there are. But how do you put that in a tax policy? If you do a survey, there will definitely be a singaporean who will state his/her willingness to do a job. So in fact you need to do it for every industry. I prefer, as you also suggested, to control the visas issued out. But you...

The thing about a minimum wage is just that.... unscrupulous employers will pay just that... the minimum. And foreigners will be willing to be paid less than the minimum. So what happens here is you actually made singaporeans more expensive vis-a-vis foreigners. So some policies sound...

Sometimes i cannot help but wonder why people are so fixated about housing prices. If you cannot afford a HDB unit in a mature estate then there are other options. You dont hear the people who are trying to sell their units above valuation complaining. Wondering, would everyone prefer that...

Not true. Do not forget that only the OA can be used for paying the house and the SA remains untouched and generating interest. CPF OA contributions due to bonuses are also added to the OA.

I think you must first recognize that naturally there will be some people who will always fall through the cracks. Once you can except that you cannot please everybody, you have to move on and figure out how to make housing affordable to the majority. The median income for a singaporean...

If thats the case, maybe the hiring of singaporeans should be incentivised instead of trying to demonize foreign workers?

And how do you put that in black and white? Jobs that singaporeans are willing to do? There are some jobs that singaporeans are not willing to do, but perhaps might be willing if the pay is improved. But surely that runs against any principle of productivity when you pay more to get less or the...

No thats not it. Read the whole thread and you see I did not start this.

Since we have had time to digest these suggestions and have hear all affected parties, are you for or against the tax hike?

You enjoy telling people to change their fonts, and avatar pictures. You also enjoy lecturing people on the need to be neutral when debating cases. First of all, you are not neutral. Secondly, everyone is not neutral. And you keep harping about how you are not the moderator of...

Another great example of the kind of debate endorsed by Scroobal. Oh but i better not get upset because his argument is valid, articulate and neutral

Then you dont do a very good job of moderating spammers and trolls now do you? I do not assume moderators do that. I was just making an observation that you patrol this forum like the moral police thats all. You claim to want to debate but it seems you merely want an audience.

So are you referring to ahleebababtheif?

You are the moderator of this forum... but you are not the moderator of truth nor the judge of substance. And really, why do you feel the need to attack everyones arguments based on their command of the english language? In this internet age, anyone can pretend to be articulate when armed with...

May i ask when i have displayed troll or spammer like behaviour?

It is a debate between the haves and have nots. The haves want higher property prices so they can make a tidy profit. But once they do, they become the have nots and demand the government steps in to address skyrocketing prices. Once they get their flats, they become haves again and demand...

This is a minimum wage to qualify for an employment pass. The other minimum wage everyone is talking about is a minimum wage for all... regardless of what employment pass you have or don't have (citizens). Obviously they are very different things and you are trying to confuse people by...

What happened to freedom of speech and the deregulation of the internet that proponents of the PAP champion with such vigor... but apparently without much understanding?