Minimum Wage Debate: 5 hour Confession of PAP’s economic sins

[Watchman]

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Minimum Wage Debate: 5 hour
Confession of PAP’s economic sins[/size]
January 14th, 2011 | Author: Online Press


It was reported in the papers today that: MPs debated the minimum wage for 5 hours yesterday in parliament.

“Almost all who spoke on the topic argued that it would do more harm than good; by diminishing the economy’s competitiveness, they said, the measure would lead to unemployment for the very workers it intended to help” – ST 13 Jan 2011

Lets put things in perspective. This is the same parliament that debated and supported the idea that our political leaders should be paid the highest salaries in the world. Yesterday, the same parliament got together to run down the idea of minimum wages – paying workers a decent wage for their work.





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[BusNo64]

 

[BusNo64]

 

[BusNo64]

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[cleareyes]

Next time, when you guys wnat to do cut and paste, can you stop making the stupid stuff run all over my screen?

really find it hard to read when i even try to view this on my hp.

 

[Watchman]

You should ask Bus64 seem to be a PAP follower
who like to mess up my postings .

 

[coolguy]

Should be 5 hours of PAP's wayang session.

 

[kingrant]

The govt press of course wants to play it up that Parliament spent 5 hrs debating it and giving impression that the issue has been thrashed thoroughly in front of, and for citizens. Even if 82 PAP MPs stood up to speak, in reality, it is only one man's singular idea being vocalised 82 times.

This will give the govt reason to say that debate time is over and that the topic has been extensively debated and discussed in Parliament, and that the majority came to the foregone conclusion.

The only way to stop this farce is to seize upon this coming GE and return more Opp MPs to present a tour de force. It may not change the end result but at least there's more noise and the people will know that there are alternative views, not just the ruling party's.

 

[ginfreely]

The only way to stop this farce is to seize upon this coming GE and return more Opp MPs to present a tour de force. It may not change the end result but at least there's more noise and the people will know that there are alternative views, not just the ruling party's.

Yeah it used to be a matter of choosing the lesser evil but now become a matter of stopping sheer arrogance!

Really fed up with this - "How much do you want? Do you want three meals in a hawker centre, food court or restaurant?"

 

[Cruxx]

'Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self.' -Max Stirner

The problem with Sinkieland though is that you've an interminable list of obligations and responsibilities without the commensurate freedoms and rights.

 

[Watchman]