新加坡民主党的生活成本政策倡议 环顾新加坡众多政党，在选举前，都不见任何政党提出政策倡议。抱着开放的心态，我研究一下新加坡民主党的主张。
过去五年以来，新加坡一直是全球生活指数最高昂的地方，就此，民主党在今年三月，提出十点蓝图去减低生活成本。尽管李显龙总理及其团队，在上届大选不断地安抚国民，但生活成本仍然上涨，让政府在过去三年从中获得近200亿的盈余。
减低生活成本十点蓝图中，大都不是新构想。新加坡民主党秘书长徐顺全博士，其实早在2015年大选已经提出。有些国民会质疑为何这些政策并没有执行，有指，这归咎于新加坡民主党在国会内并没议席，以致难以推动改变，结果新加坡的生活成本持续上扬，难以逆转。
一如所料，主流媒体甚少跟进报导此议题。就如网上的其他话题，较关心的意见大致分两派：亲人民行动党的，及亲反对党的。本文仅聚焦分析反对蓝图倡议观点，并逐点回应。
例如，减低生活成本十点蓝图中一项是，削减内阁部长的薪资，节省下来的将用作为贫苦大众提供经济援助。有评论担心，削减部长的薪资后，会影响政府效率。
上述评论假定了，我国管治人才就只能靠钱一个要素去推动。显然，这并不是事实。实际上，很多有能之士更不屑于现时着重利用薪酬去吸引、激励的做法。反之，他们更认为现时制度，只能吸引到一些为利是图、却欠缺其他优秀领袖要素（如同情心）的人进入政府。
此外，亦如前公务员首长严崇涛所言，丰厚的薪酬抑制了内阁官员质疑现有政策中的漏洞，会因此而变得「唯党是从」，并享受荣华富贵。
明确来说，新加坡民主党所提出的减薪，最后合计，还是跟相近经济体领袖的薪金看齐，削减后的薪酬，仍然非常可观。
另一项新加坡民主党建议的是，豁免日常用品的销售税销售税，同时间，增加对奢侈品的课税。部分评论显然并不知悉世界各国亦奉行类似政策，而且在推行上亦不困难。
最低工资亦是另一个问题。有评论指，出由于最低工资只保障外地劳工，其实不然，仍然有很大部份的国民未能获得足以支付生活所需的薪资。
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