Last 10 in the World: Singapore Fares Poorly On Tackling Inequality

[Froggy]

I hope to see a photo of your U-Save, Workfare bonus or GST voucher

About U-Save and GST voucher I cannot find in my phone maybe it’s in Singapore. Let me check later after the lobster noodle

boss is giving me the eye for playing with my phone

 

[Chase]

Honestly I have no idea what these numbers mean whether I’m top or bottom feeder, they give I take lor. Hmmm I wonder what does $109 mean bottom feeder again?

$109 for workfare bonus is not really at the bottom.
Also enough for 2 towers in BKK.

Cheers!

 

[hofmann]

Of course the poor have a chance to rise up. With low paying jobs being done by foreigners poor singaporeans should move up to better jobs. If they are unable to do so it is their own fault. You cannot blame the government for that.

When I first started work I was an engineer. 5 years later there were foreigners who were being hired to do my job at half of what I was earning. However I saw this coming so I had already put plans in place to move up the food chain to a better paying job which did not face foreign competition.

Fair enough. But we still can't escape the fact that our workers wage share as percentage of GDP is below average amongst OECD economies.

Translation: too much profits going to corporations at the expense of workers.

 

[zhihau]

Sorry didn't know similar thread existed. Please merge or delete thread, thanks mods.

Always at your service, Sir

 

[zhihau]

Pardon for my sloppiness, was the GINI index reflected in the report?

 

[eatshitndie]

Pardon for my sloppiness, was the GINI index reflected in the report?

the (vir)gin index is all over the web from jb to kyrgyzstan.

 

[eatshitndie]

About U-Save and GST voucher I cannot find in my phone maybe it’s in Singapore. Let me check later after the lobster noodle

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boss is giving me the eye for playing with my phone

very high ses dish but the presentation is a bit sloppy. must be cantonese cook from toishan.

 

[hofmann]

Pardon for my sloppiness, was the GINI index reflected in the report?

There was no mention of Gini in the CNA version I read.

 

[zhihau]

There was no mention of Gini in the CNA version I read.

I thought I missed it or something, thank you

 

[Leongsam]

Inequality is desirable and the wider it is the better.

Without inequality there would be nothing to strive towards. The bigger the gap the more the more it inspires the human race.

All the advances which we have achieved since the dawn of time are a result of inequality. We should celebrate inequality daily. It makes us want to get out of bed and do better.

 

[shittypore]

If there was equality, no millions for Pinky and his Cronies, Honeymah wud nvr be Sinkie's President and HoHo will nvr be the best and most qualified person to run Termasick.

 

[bobby]

Minister Desmond Lee on Oxfam's findings: It is more important to look at the outcomes achieved

Singapore sets out to achieve real outcomes rather than satisfy ideologically driven indicators, Mr Desmond Lee, Minister for Social and Family Development, said yesterday, in a rebuttal after an index ranked the Republic 149 out of 157 nations on efforts to reduce inequality.

Refuting a report by international development charity Oxfam and non-profit research group Development Finance International, Mr Lee said the Commitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) Index 2018, released yesterday, assumes that high taxation and high public spending reflect a commitment to combating inequality.

"We think it is more important to look at the outcomes achieved instead," the minister said. "The report itself recognises this limitation."

Singapore was placed one rung above Laos (150), the lowest-ranked Asean nation, with Japan the highest-ranked Asian nation in 11th spot.

Denmark topped the index.

In a press release issued alongside the CRI index, Oxfam's head of inequality policy Max Lawson said Singapore could tackle inequality at home by spending more, strengthening labour rights and enacting anti-discrimination laws.

It could also set an example by ending harmful tax practices that provide a haven for tax avoidance and evasion, he said.
Singapore came in last when ranked on progressive tax policy, one of three key areas that was measured.

Mr Lee acknowledged Singaporeans had a low income tax burden but benefited more than proportionately from the high quality of infrastructure and social support.

He cited the fact that 90 per cent of Singaporeans own their homes and among the poorest 10 per cent of households, 84 per cent are home owners.

"No other country comes close," the minister added.

He also cited Singapore's performance in international rankings for education and healthcare, like the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa), in response to criticism of Singapore's relatively low social spending, and also highlighted the income growth experienced by lower income and median households over the last decade.

Said the minister: "That we achieved all of this with lower taxes and lower spending than most countries is to Singapore's credit rather than discredit."

Analysts The New Paper spoke to agreed that while Singapore was not perfect, the CRI Index did not fully look at other efforts to close the inequality gap.

Citing policies such as the Silver Support Scheme, National University of Singapore economist Sumit Agarwal said there were many programmes that redistribute wealth that were not taken into account.

Sociologist Tan Ern Ser said poverty exists in Singapore and more could be done to give support on rainy days, but the issue is a multi-dimensional one.

He said: "Things can look bad from one side of the equation, but we should also look at the welfare delivery part."

For Singapore Management University law don Eugene Tan, the report's methodology was simplistic and prescriptive.

That it did not look at policy outcomes was a glaring omission that compromised its objectivity, he noted.

He said: "The report puts every country through a cookie cutter, but what works for Denmark may not be suitable for Singapore."

 

[Leongsam]

He is absolutely right. Those chow ang moh indexes produced by liberal retards mean absolutely nothing.

 

[bobby]

He is absolutely right. Those chow ang moh indexes produced by liberal retards mean absolutely nothing.

I thought you always said angmo are the bestest?

 

[halsey02]

I tell you PAP is the best in thIS world, some say all the way to Planet X too. Of course 90% of Singaporeans owned their own homes for they leased that land from the landowners & pay the landowners to build that home for them. They do not, in reality own anything...just paying for the lease.

That is why PAP is the BEST, They are your past, present & future. Don't forget, come next election, VOTE FOR PAP, they are the BEST.

 

[Leongsam]

I thought you always said angmo are the bestest?

Not those retard left wing nut cases they are the worst of the worst. The scum of the earth.

 

[bobby]

They forgot to include that exercising in humid Singapore creates equally a lot of sweat too.....

 

[halsey02]

Not those retard left wing nut cases they are the worst of the worst. The scum of the earth.

So, the ang moh is the best, have classification?....the left is not the best? the right is? how about the center, that should be good. The left no good, the centrist? the right is the best..& they are ang moh. Sounds like the PAP & PAP is the BEST.

 

[zhihau]

I thought you always said angmo are the bestest?

the Ang Mohs are the bestest! they are way ahead of our times.

 

[halsey02]

They forgot to include that exercising in humid Singapore creates equally a lot of sweat too.....

Can't you see the picture on the left.... they are the BESR, they provide the elderly healthy exercises, healthy minds, healthy bodies & wallets brimming with S$ dollars, you know, who the BEST, RIGHT?