I don't see the logic of paying celebrities and athletes several times more than the top political and civil service leaders of the country. You are telling me that these entertainers contribute so much more to the development and progress of the society than a good political or civil servant?
Comparing our ministars to entertainers is the new line of defence?
Entertainers earn their keep because people want to see them. When people stop paying, no one will want to pay the entertainers big bucks.
Million-dollar pay for our servants and ministars were imposed on us. We don't have a choice.
It is equally idiotic to insist that those who go into public service must swear some sort of poverty vow, where they are to take a much lower pay compared to the private sector in spite of the massive increase in responsibilities?
Wrong assumption - that they are worth more in the private sector. Most of these servants have ZERO private sector experience. They have NOT been tested. George Yeo got his job because of connection, not because he is talented.
Being paid $10k a month is not peanuts.
Why does a servant deserve $100k a month? We paid for his education and gave him good allowance while in school.
Our system encourages our servants to behaved entitled, be greedy and take freely from our coffers.
Have you ever travelled or worked in Third World countries, where you are expected to pay bribes before civil servants will process your documents? I have. That's the problem of underpaying your civil service and politicians. Their low pay is one of the direct causes of high corruption in the country.
Are we third world? Compare us with first world countries lah.
Always comparing LHL's pay with Obama? When I worked in the US, people there often associated "[american] politicians" with words like "crooked" and "dishonest" and "liar". That's the kind of respect the public generally accords to their poorly paid politicians. And the system there has institutionalized corruption, aka "lobby groups".
Why don't you compare with UK?
You know nothing about how the US system work despite your claim that you have lived in the US. Another typical sinkee ...just hang out with sinkees and don't bother to learn about the culture.
When was the last time in Singapore, you could bribe your way out of trouble? When was the last time civil servants held up your paperwork if you didn't first give a bribe?
Yeah, PAP press will report anything that gives a black eye to the government?
Be thankful that LKY used his brains instead of going with the crowd like some dumb sheep, when he insisted that civil servants and politicians be paid a fair wage for the kind of responsibilities that they had to shoulder.
A fair wage? When median salary is $1700, $100k is NOT a fair wage. A fair wage is 10X median salary at most.
