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I really can't believe he said this: "If you're poor in Singapore, it's no fun, but I think you're less badly off than in any other country in the world, including in the US," - PM Lee in Davos....[Link] It is an understatement to say he stretched the truth a little. He is not even in the same page ....perhaps not even in the... 

Is Taxation Fair? Fair or otherwise, Benjamin Franklin noted it is certain just as certain as death.  Today, the rich argued vociferously against it claiming it is taking away their incentives to work hard: I mean making others work hard to increase their coffers. Once upon a time they were adamant it was the God given duty... 

If you follow politics or social issues in Singapore, there are phrases and expressions that quickly become familiar, rhetoric and spiels that any member of civil society will be able to recite to you with their eyes closed. Honestly, activists could pretty much write the government’s press releases themselves, so accustomed...