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Lawless Wong and his shitty out of touch comment
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So is the oppie. More honest perhaps.
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No matter how much one has set aside after retirement, we will naturally cut back on spending after we stop enjoying a salary.
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U dare challenge him? Meet u in cow de sack!
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1. No Human is born out of a vacuum. Each Human came from parents, and Humans will age, due to cellular decay. It accelerates once one reaches late 50s. Where the once young elderly could run physical or shopping marathons, once they aged, they have difficulties walking even 100m carrying bags of groceries, their grown up kids would have eyes to see....Thus how are the elderly to continue working?
2. With Singapore's 1 child policy since the 80s, many parents realized the truths in it. However, the realities hit hard later - the strains not just to the lone child to support one's aging parents whom can no longer work effectively, it also causes strains to the economy to support the elderly - medcare, welfare, social and economic infrastructures, etc.,
3. PM Wong is not out of touch. He saw it clearly and thus his concern for the elderly - how are the elderly going to survive if they have no income and limited funds in their CPF retirement accounts....
It is also a reality that employers generally shun the elderly as they are no longer as efficient and productive compared to the young, and comes with medical costs born by the employer such as MCs, health insurances, etc.
Singapore is a civilized society and Nation. We do not give a bottle of water and pouch of biscuits to the elderly, and then send them into the wild forests to survive on their own, as ancient barbaric societies had done.
The elderly HAD CONTRIBUTED to our Nation when they were young, by being gainfully employed which helps our economy to grow, and much more ways of contribution.
While the elderly may have physical health issues and not as productive as a laborer, perhaps they can still engage in gig jobs that are light in nature, such as marshalling crowds like how SMRT had done, an honest and dignified job. They may be other such jobs available, with a govt agency or community centers being a place for the elderly to register themselves for such jobs, that the bright young minds within govt service such as MOM or EDB can formulate such plans.
We will leave none behind, unless they desire to be left alone.
2. With Singapore's 1 child policy since the 80s, many parents realized the truths in it. However, the realities hit hard later - the strains not just to the lone child to support one's aging parents whom can no longer work effectively, it also causes strains to the economy to support the elderly - medcare, welfare, social and economic infrastructures, etc.,
3. PM Wong is not out of touch. He saw it clearly and thus his concern for the elderly - how are the elderly going to survive if they have no income and limited funds in their CPF retirement accounts....
It is also a reality that employers generally shun the elderly as they are no longer as efficient and productive compared to the young, and comes with medical costs born by the employer such as MCs, health insurances, etc.
Singapore is a civilized society and Nation. We do not give a bottle of water and pouch of biscuits to the elderly, and then send them into the wild forests to survive on their own, as ancient barbaric societies had done.
The elderly HAD CONTRIBUTED to our Nation when they were young, by being gainfully employed which helps our economy to grow, and much more ways of contribution.
While the elderly may have physical health issues and not as productive as a laborer, perhaps they can still engage in gig jobs that are light in nature, such as marshalling crowds like how SMRT had done, an honest and dignified job. They may be other such jobs available, with a govt agency or community centers being a place for the elderly to register themselves for such jobs, that the bright young minds within govt service such as MOM or EDB can formulate such plans.
We will leave none behind, unless they desire to be left alone.
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