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I am addressing this post to the fiscal conservatives like myself who have been disturbed and upset by the PAP's leftward shift these four years.
We have seen increased social spending and welfarist policies, that although founded on sound financial pillars, will engender a dependent and entitled mindset amongst our population. I am very sure that the demands for the Pioneer Generation Package to be extended to other generations will grow more shrill as time goes by. The Pandora's box has been opened.
We are disturbed by anti-business policies such as the tightening of foreign labour, causing many hardworking SME owners to lose their businesses and livelihoods, and the locals they employ to be made jobless. Already there are further demands for employers to be compelled to employ Singaporeans, regardless of how capable they are. This will only make our businesses less competitive globally.
We are upset that the Government does not seem to understand that increasing productivity is easier said than done. In the meantime, SMEs still need to function and need workers.
We are worried that HDB has gone into deficit in order to build more flats, and wonder whether an oversupply of houses is worse than just-in-time production.
We were astounded and nervous when the PAP was forced to declare its socialist roots.
But listen to me:
They had no choice but to move decisively to the left when all the Opposition parties massed against it are to the left.
They had no choice after their worst electoral performance since independence.
If we do not shore up support for the PAP now and make our voices heard these few days, it will only get worse.
Already, the leftward shift of the PAP has forced the Opposition to move further left into loony territory.
Minimum wage, unemployment benefits, increased social spending, higher taxes on the rich and MNCs - these are some of the policies the Opposition are proposing.
If the PAP loses more seats this election, they will have to move further left in order to outflank the Opposition.
These poisonous policies, policies that Lee Kuan Yew fought his whole life against, will become reality.
Is this what we want to see?
Do we want Singapore, built on the hard work and ingenuity of our forefathers, to become a lazy, entitled and bankrupt populist and socialist state?
If you are a fiscal and political conservative like me, we have a week to make our voices heard.
There is no party to the right of the PAP to speak for us.
Speak now, for yourselves, before it is too late.
Calvin Cheng
source: Calvin Cheng fb page, 5th Sept 2015
We have seen increased social spending and welfarist policies, that although founded on sound financial pillars, will engender a dependent and entitled mindset amongst our population. I am very sure that the demands for the Pioneer Generation Package to be extended to other generations will grow more shrill as time goes by. The Pandora's box has been opened.
We are disturbed by anti-business policies such as the tightening of foreign labour, causing many hardworking SME owners to lose their businesses and livelihoods, and the locals they employ to be made jobless. Already there are further demands for employers to be compelled to employ Singaporeans, regardless of how capable they are. This will only make our businesses less competitive globally.
We are upset that the Government does not seem to understand that increasing productivity is easier said than done. In the meantime, SMEs still need to function and need workers.
We are worried that HDB has gone into deficit in order to build more flats, and wonder whether an oversupply of houses is worse than just-in-time production.
We were astounded and nervous when the PAP was forced to declare its socialist roots.
But listen to me:
They had no choice but to move decisively to the left when all the Opposition parties massed against it are to the left.
They had no choice after their worst electoral performance since independence.
If we do not shore up support for the PAP now and make our voices heard these few days, it will only get worse.
Already, the leftward shift of the PAP has forced the Opposition to move further left into loony territory.
Minimum wage, unemployment benefits, increased social spending, higher taxes on the rich and MNCs - these are some of the policies the Opposition are proposing.
If the PAP loses more seats this election, they will have to move further left in order to outflank the Opposition.
These poisonous policies, policies that Lee Kuan Yew fought his whole life against, will become reality.
Is this what we want to see?
Do we want Singapore, built on the hard work and ingenuity of our forefathers, to become a lazy, entitled and bankrupt populist and socialist state?
If you are a fiscal and political conservative like me, we have a week to make our voices heard.
There is no party to the right of the PAP to speak for us.
Speak now, for yourselves, before it is too late.
Calvin Cheng
source: Calvin Cheng fb page, 5th Sept 2015
