Do you know we live in a first-class first world country yet we are experiencing massive poverty?!
I’m not a rich man… I blew $42,000 SGD on the Australian Stock Market as a university student, and another $100,000 SGD on the US Stock Market as a 40 year old man. If I did not make the mistake of trading the stock market with CFDs and Options, I would be worth $200,000 now.
But what about Singapore Aunty? Who does not have a job? And has no business or income stream…? She has $65.15 SGD in her bank balance. And you know what? There are many elderly hovering around $200 to $600 total in their bank accounts. That’s their remaining life savings! Government, how can you expect them to survive on that?!
They are probably too old to work as the retirement age is 64 in Singapore. Then let’s say you live till 90? How can you do that on nothing?!
My poor angel reader bank balance can only last me 2 years without working! Compared with Singapore Aunty, I have much more… but it’s still not enough to survive on if I get any problems like physical disabilities or mental cuckoo-ness.
And who is to say Singapore Aunty is in working condition? She might have health problems. She deposits $20 and that is used up in a day.
Aren’t you letting your people die of poverty?!
These CDC Vouchers… $600 for regular people… $800 for old people… you should give them EVERY MONTH!
Your people need constant supplementary income. Especially when there are too many retired folk and growing children to take care of…. A poor angel reader’s $3K salary is only enough to support himself! Grandparents, retired parents, uncles and aunties get nothing… NIL, ZIP, NADA. Sometimes children go hungry as well. There are just too many non-working humans to support on too little income.
“Grandpa! Go get a job at McDonalds! We need to feed the kids here!”
What I want to say is that you need to supplement income for the population to survive. The old people are trying to kill themselves to avoid being a burden to their families. Your family services social welfare is also hard to get anything from. It is basically not geared to giving you money. It gives you lots of loan suggestions and job coaching and re-employment directions. But for the retired or elderly?!
“Grandpa! Apply for road sweeper or toilet cleaner! There is plenty of job space there! Marketer and Banker jobs are too coveted! They only want young blood. You’ll never make it in!”
Our government actually sponsors most of our pressing expenses in Singapore. For example, medical treatment at the polyclinic is heavily subsidised. You pay $20 at the polyclinic… outside at the private clinic, you pay $100.
Schools… they build it for billions of dollars… but they only charge you $3,100 per year at your local polytechnic. $9,300 SGD I can still afford for an academic diploma.
Do you know they are losing money running the country on sponsorship?!
But do you know that they need to lose more money to us by putting money directly in our accounts to help all of us survive?!!
The secret is… the government has been building Singapore with free money. BUT they did not put it in your account by GIRO every month as a supplementary Universal Basic Income.
The solution for Singapore Aunty, who can’t earn her own living either because of age or disability or difficulty in getting employment, is to have a staple monthly income gifted to her by the government without means testing… but just a promise that they will provide for you.
“Are you going to let me die when I can’t slog for you anymore?!”
YES!
So… read Universal Basic Income. It’s a true solution to world poverty.
Shalom,
Halabuth
Angel Reader
Magic Cross
Money For Singapore Aunty!
P.S. I gifted Singapore Aunty $100 SGD of my own money to help her survive. But… I think that’s not enough. Government, please give everyone money.
