Can S'pore make car ownership fairer for the middle class?

[True Believer]

Based on current prices, we have approached the day when only the top earners are able to possess a car. This makes car ownership even more attractive to those who can afford it. COE prices continue to climb, pricing out the average middle-class family. Owning a car is now an unrealistic dream for 90% of S'poreans. Is there a fairer way to distribute the limited number of COEs, or should it continue to be down to affordability?
https://theindependent.sg/coe-dream...-fairer-for-the-middle-class/#google_vignette

 

[mojito]

Don't be poor. Be cum a professional. My wife has one. I have one.

 

[syed putra]

The island is planned for the wealthy. The rest must serve NS and do tasks to serve the privileged rich.

 

[syed putra]

Of course in future you dont really need cars anymore with self driving taxis that comes within minutes even during peak hours.

 

[True Believer]

As a car owner for the past 28 years, I must admit that I often wonder how much more I would have set aside for an early retirement if I had fought the urge to buy my vehicles down the years. However, it is difficult to put a price on convenience and comfort for my family, so I will continue to buy a car as long as I can afford one.

 

[True Believer]

Of course in future you dont really need cars anymore with self driving taxis that comes within minutes even during peak hours.

If there are so many taxis plying the streets of tiny S'pore, then won't congestion be far worse as these cabs would be on the road almost round the clock? I drive for 1 hour per weekday as my car is parked at the office for up to 9 hours while travelling time is 30 mins each way.

 

[A Singaporean]

Why ?

 

[True Believer]

The island is planned for the wealthy. The rest must serve NS and do tasks to serve the privileged rich.

The govt has made it crystal clear that it is not their duty to make private homes and cars affordable to the masses.

 

[syed putra]

If there are so many taxis plying the streets of tiny S'pore, then won't congestion be far worse as these cabs would be on the road almost round the clock? I drive for 1 hour per weekday as my car is parked at the office for up to 9 hours while travelling time is 30 mins each way.

By then COE will be so unaffordable except to the very few.

 

[cockie]

Based on current prices, we have approached the day when only the top earners are able to possess a car. This makes car ownership even more attractive to those who can afford it. COE prices continue to climb, pricing out the average middle-class family. Owning a car is now an unrealistic dream for 90% of S'poreans. Is there a fairer way to distribute the limited number of COEs, or should it continue to be down to affordability?
https://theindependent.sg/coe-dream...-fairer-for-the-middle-class/#google_vignette

Yes…. Taxi are only allowed to bid for Cat E COE… PHV should also be given only CAT E COE…. Which I think that should bring down the COE price and allow more middle income families to get a car。

 

[True Believer]

By then COE will be so unaffordable except to the very few.

We have reached that day already. Marginal car owners who are currently driving will have to give up their cars when their COEs expire. How many people have over $100K of spare cash to hand over to the govt, in exchange for a piece of paper, that entitles them to purchase a car?

 

[True Believer]

Yes…. Taxi are only allowed to bid for Cat E COE… PHV should also be given only CAT E COE…. Which I think that should bring down the COE price and allow more middle income families to get a car。

When I was a young father ferrying my children to their grandparents' house, kindergarten, primary school, clinic etc., I never considered my car a luxury, but a godsend on stormy mornings when the rain was relentless.

 

[Boonsiong]

Don't be poor. Be cum a professional. My wife has one. I have one.

Nice !!!!

 

[iluvgst]

It’s mind boggling that the same retards that voted for this are complaining .

 

[True Believer]

Nice !!!!

When asked by reporters why he owns 2 cars when the govt is trying to curb the vehicle population in S'pore, then Senior-Minister of State Dr Koh Poh Koon replied: " Well, everybody has a car; we have two. My wife drives one, I drive one. We are both professionals; we need to travel". It is another example of the PAP declaring: "Do as I say, but do not do as I do."

 

[True Believer]

It’s mind boggling that the same retards that voted for this are complaining .

Except for the 8% of S'poreans who own cars.

 

[Sialoquent]

Based on current prices, we have approached the day when only the top earners are able to possess a car. This makes car ownership even more attractive to those who can afford it. COE prices continue to climb, pricing out the average middle-class family. Owning a car is now an unrealistic dream for 90% of S'poreans. Is there a fairer way to distribute the limited number of COEs, or should it continue to be down to affordability?
https://theindependent.sg/coe-dream...-fairer-for-the-middle-class/#google_vignette

All I say is FUCK PAP

 

[True Believer]

All I say is FUCK PAP

The PAP advocates meritocracy where it is the survival of the fittest, or should I say, the richest. However, as far as their children and cronies are concerned, our leaders practice nepotism and cronyism respectively.

 

[True Believer]

All I say is FUCK PAP

 

[birdie69]

The govt has made it crystal clear that it is not their duty to make private homes and cars affordable to the masses.

The garment is indirectly telling you to buy car in JB if you want to own a car and house, better still you emigrate to Malaysia, this place is for rich people, not poor people