Who is the Real enemy of People?!

[Isogallardo]

Gilbert Goh is the real enemy of Singaporeans!

 

[GoldenPeriod]

Politicians can say all they want but research has comprehensively shown that mass immigration in any country brings negligible economic benefits and huge social costs. The primary beneficiaries of mass immigration are the migrants themselves and crony politicians.


http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldselect/ldeconaf/82/8203.htm

For many years the government claimed that immigration added £6 billion a year to GDP. However, the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee, reporting in April 2008, said that what mattered was GDP per head. They concluded that:

“We have found no evidence for the argument, made by the government, business and many others, that net immigration generates significant economic benefits for the existing UK population”.
In January 2012 the Migration Advisory Committee went further. They said that even GDP per head exaggerated the benefit of immigration because:

“It is the immigrants themselves rather than the extant residents who are the main gainers”.
They suggested that the GDP of residents should be the main focus.

They recognised that the resident population would gain via any “dynamic effects” of skilled immigration on productivity and innovation – these “exist and may be large, but they are elusive to measure”.

In their annual Fiscal Sustainability Report, the Office for Budgetary Responsibility concluded in August 2013:

“In our attempt to summarise the vast literature on the impact of immigration on the labour market and productivity we have not found definitive evidence on the impact of immigrants on productivity and GDP. Most of the literature seems to indicate that immigrants have a positive, although not significant, impact on productivity and GDP”.

 

[Equalisation]

Isn't it obvious ?

Give us back all OUR hard-earned CPF money at age 55 NOWWWW !!!!

Damn it ! It is OUR blood and sweat money from years of toiling !!

 

[Isogallardo]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/10131876/The-truth-about-immigration-its-good-for-Britain.html


Last week, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development published a report which showed that immigration makes a positive contribution to the public finances of many countries, including the UK. Yes, you read that right: migrants in the UK pay more in tax than they consume in public services (that’s not true of every migrant of course, but collectively they make a net contribution). Without them, we would have to make further cuts to public services or pay higher taxes or both. The Telegraph’s James Kirkup has the details.

Of course, that’s not the story we’re told by parts of our media or in the "pass it on" emails we receive, but it’s the truth. And coming on top of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s analysis that immigration adds to economic growth, it is further confirmation of the economic case for immigration.

Despite all the evidence, the anti-immigration lobby can’t bring themselves to admit this. They want you to believe that immigration is a bad thing, when in truth it has benefits as well as costs. They know that if they admitted the truth, fewer people would support their position, as a recent poll for Migration Matters (which I co-chair) confirmed. Nonsense, they say, there is no evidence that immigration increases GDP per head. But this is a straw man. GDP per head is essentially a measure of productivity. Nobody is claiming immigration significantly increases that. What the evidence shows is that it boosts GDP itself – the size of our economy. And because migrants tend to be younger and more economically active than the population as a whole (this is of course a generalisation – the reality is that some types of immigration are more economically beneficial than others, of which more shortly), it also helps us deal with our debt problem at least in the short to medium term.

 

[halsey02]

Isn't it obvious ?

Give us back all OUR hard-earned CPF money at age 55 NOWWWW !!!!

Damn it ! It is OUR blood and sweat money from years of toiling !!

An average person start work around 21-22, to 55 years of age, that is 34 years of contributions, some started at 16-17 years of age, so that would be 39 years of contribution & when you work till 65 that would be 50 years of BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS MONEY..

These people have no shame....

 

[Poomer]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/10131876/The-truth-about-immigration-its-good-for-Britain.html


Last week, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development published a report which showed that immigration makes a positive contribution to the public finances of many countries, including the UK. Yes, you read that right: migrants in the UK pay more in tax than they consume in public services (that’s not true of every migrant of course, but collectively they make a net contribution). Without them, we would have to make further cuts to public services or pay higher taxes or both. The Telegraph’s James Kirkup has the details.

Of course, that’s not the story we’re told by parts of our media or in the "pass it on" emails we receive, but it’s the truth. And coming on top of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s analysis that immigration adds to economic growth, it is further confirmation of the economic case for immigration.

Despite all the evidence, the anti-immigration lobby can’t bring themselves to admit this. They want you to believe that immigration is a bad thing, when in truth it has benefits as well as costs. They know that if they admitted the truth, fewer people would support their position, as a recent poll for Migration Matters (which I co-chair) confirmed. Nonsense, they say, there is no evidence that immigration increases GDP per head. But this is a straw man. GDP per head is essentially a measure of productivity. Nobody is claiming immigration significantly increases that. What the evidence shows is that it boosts GDP itself – the size of our economy. And because migrants tend to be younger and more economically active than the population as a whole (this is of course a generalisation – the reality is that some types of immigration are more economically beneficial than others, of which more shortly), it also helps us deal with our debt problem at least in the short to medium term.

This is a simplistic report that is clearly lacking in many aspects. When you compare a net tax boost vs a net additional public service cost, it is likely positive, as these immigrants are here to work ain't they. What the report does not take into consideration is additional governmental spending to build new and improve existing infrastructure. Let's see, for example, Singapore's Circle line costs $10 billion and Downtown line will cost $20 billion, and do note the $20 billion is ballpark figure that will likely face cost overruns. Are the immigrants paying for these construction costs?

They are also unable to provide a figure to the social cost of more immigrants. More immigrants means more crime, murder rate has gone up, we haa a once in fifty years riot just last year. Furthermore, are they able to add the social cost to Singaporeans when they are unable to get good jobs and have to deal with rising costs of living. Are you able to give a figure to all that?

 

[halsey02]

It is right pocket out, left pocket in, goes to the back pocket then come back in front.....

 

[laksaboy]

When you squeeze 5.4 million (akan datang 6.9 million) people onto a piece of 710 sq km land, you are a de facto deranged psychopath.

The pros and cons of immigration are a moot point.

The PAP is a political party for and by deranged psychopaths.

 

[laksaboy]

Who is the real enemy of the people? Who else but those who pursue economic growth at all costs (and most of it won't trickle down to your pockets anyway), while ignoring the very real social costs imposed on the entire country? A few 'community integration events' isn't going to undo the damage done to the country.

This is what happens when you let one-dimensional groupthinkers run the country. For things to improve, the PAP must be kicked out.

 

[scroobal]

Really a stupid woman. US is more a continent than country. It not only can take on more capacity like Canada and Australia, it needs more to capitalise on its endowed assets. 99% of the people who come to Singapore either cannot make it to the these big countries or cannot compete in their work environment where things like minimum wages are the norm and the opportunity to undercut in the area of wages are limited.

We are busting at the seams. A house and car compared to the US is any times more . Which part does she not understand.

 

[GoldenDragon]

She needs a good fuck to wake up.

 

[beteljuice]

Who is the real enemy of the people? Who else but those who pursue economic growth at all costs (and most of it won't trickle down to your pockets anyway), while ignoring the very real social costs imposed on the entire country? A few 'community integration events' isn't going to undo the damage done to the country.

This is what happens when you let one-dimensional groupthinkers run the country. For things to improve, the PAP must be kicked out.

The real enemy of Singaporeans will be the PAP.

Without PAP, Singapore will be a very nice place to live in.

 

[Isogallardo]

This is a simplistic report that is clearly lacking in many aspects. When you compare a net tax boost vs a net additional public service cost, it is likely positive, as these immigrants are here to work ain't they. What the report does not take into consideration is additional governmental spending to build new and improve existing infrastructure. Let's see, for example, Singapore's Circle line costs $10 billion and Downtown line will cost $20 billion, and do note the $20 billion is ballpark figure that will likely face cost overruns. Are the immigrants paying for these construction costs?

They are also unable to provide a figure to the social cost of more immigrants. More immigrants means more crime, murder rate has gone up, we haa a once in fifty years riot just last year. Furthermore, are they able to add the social cost to Singaporeans when they are unable to get good jobs and have to deal with rising costs of living. Are you able to give a figure to all that?

oh yes. I am sure the Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development published a very "simple" report to come up with the conclusion.

I am sure immigrants or FTs dont pay taxes at all. Perhaps you should not skip what you dont want to see and come up wth your daft conclusion that immigrants dont pay for these costs.

Selective reading at best. Typical of oppie retards.

 

[LHLtowgay]

Who is the real enemy of the people? Who else but those who pursue economic growth at all costs (and most of it won't trickle down to your pockets anyway), while ignoring the very real social costs imposed on the entire country? A few 'community integration events' isn't going to undo the damage done to the country.

This is what happens when you let one-dimensional groupthinkers run the country. For things to improve, the PAP must be kicked out.

PAP will make Hitler appear to be a very nice man in comparison