Rebutting DPM Tharman that 55% of SGs don’t pay income tax
I refer to the 8 Mar 2013 Straits Times report of Mr Tharman’s budget 2013 speech [1]. Mr Tharman said that our income tax schedule is highly progressive with 55% of Singaporeans not paying any income tax and with Workfare acting like negative income tax, our income tax schedule actually runs from -30% to 20%. This is accompanied...
MP Edwin Tong: Lee Li Lian contradicts WP’s population policy
PAP MP Edwin Tong Not too long ago, this House debated the Population White Paper. Many of us vexed over the population strategy and some even asked if the relevance of the GDP growth has been overstated as we debated the Population White Paper. Yet, we sit here in this debate and (express) angst over the cost of living, and...
So what if NUS is No. 2, if many SG students can’t benefit?
The PAPpies are so obsessed with being the best. Even if it means sacrificing Singaporeans for non-Singaporeans. So what if NUS is in the second spot in Asia? In fact, it is because of PAP's fixation on being among the top, it has become worse for Singapore students. To be the among the top universities, you need to have a diverse...
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