SG's poorest, real gross monthly income rose 0.1%(!!) in last 10 years

[Confuseous]

Feb 6, 2013Shocking Statistics About the Poor in Singapore

Holy cow. Singapore is doing much worse than I thought. An excerpt from the TODAY newspaper:

Acting Minister for Social and Family Development Chan Chun Sing gave figures to show that incomes at the bottom continue to rise but said the Government will do more to help low-income Singaporeans.
He was responding to Nominated MP Tan Su Shan's question on social mobility.
The real median gross monthly income for employed residents increased 1.3 per cent a year from 2002 to 2012, after rising 2.7 per cent a year from 1996 to 2002, Mr Chan said.
For the lowest 20th percentile of employed residents, their real gross monthly income rose 0.1 per cent each year from 2002 to 2012 and 2.2 per cent a year from 1996 to 2002.
0.1 per cent? That's effectively zero. Especially if you are in the bottom 20 percentile.

Imagine if your real gross monthly income was $1,000 in 2002. Ten years later, your real gross monthly income would have risen to about $1,010 in 2012.

So after one full decade of "national progress" under the PAP government, your quality of living has increased by the value of 2 packs of toilet paper at NTUC Fairprice.

I wonder if Chan Chun Sing managed to keep a straight face, when he said in Parliament that "incomes at the bottom continue to rise".

- http://mrwangsaysso.blogspot.sg/2013/02/shocking-statistics-about-poor-in.html

 

[Leongsam]

We shouldn't be bothered about the bottom. That's where the garbage collects. It's impossible to extract any value from this strata of society. They should be left to their own devices.

We should concentrate on the cream of society. It's where the uncut diamonds are. Invest time and effort and the payback is enormous.

 

[jw5]

Haiz, all those A1s, Book prizes, As, Honours, First Class, Stars, all for nothing...................Haiz...................

 

[Leongsam]

I'm really getting sick and tired of all the posts about the poor, the sick, the disadvantaged blah blah blah.

Not an iota of time and energy should be spent worrying about the fate of a bunch of useless sods. The bottom 20% do absolutely nothing for society so who the hell cares about how much they earn or how pathetic their lives are.

If they hate their lot, they should invest time and effort in lifting themselves out of that category instead of sitting on their big fat asses waiting for someone else to it for them.

From now on, I want to see posts about the smart and successful people instead. Those who start threads about losers will end up losing rep points.

 

[mojito]

Not an iota of time and energy should be spent worrying about the fate of a bunch of useless sods. The bottom 20% do absolutely nothing for society so who the hell cares about how much they earn or how pathetic their lives are.

You speak poorly Leongsam. They are also the ones most likely to douse an MP with kerosene.

 

[streetsmart73]

I'm really getting sick and tired of all the posts about the poor, the sick, the disadvantaged blah blah blah.

Not an iota of time and energy should be spent worrying about the fate of a bunch of useless sods. The bottom 20% do absolutely nothing for society so who the hell cares about how much they earn or how pathetic their lives are.

If they hate their lot, they should invest time and effort in lifting themselves out of that category instead of sitting on their big fat asses waiting for someone else to it for them.

From now on, I want to see posts about the smart and successful people instead. Those who start threads about losers will end up losing rep points.

hi there


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2. no wonder, you and kinana are just made for each other hoh:p
3. always for the greater good!