Do these arguments against giving too much help to the poor – make sense to you?
I refer to “No need for poor families to keep up with the Joneses” (Straits Times, Jul 7) in response “Is being deprived of easy access to tuition and enrichment classes such a crippling disadvantage for students from low-income families? (No-win choices for the poor when resources are limited“, by Mr Kevin See Yao Hui;...
What’s the point of replying to the Straits Times Forum, when the 2 most important jobs statistics are missing?
I refer to the Ministry of Manpower’s (MOM) reply “Many measures taken to help the unemployed” to Mr Tan Soon Hock’s letter (Are schemes enough to help S’poreans with unemployment; June 21). It states that “Last year, the Adapt & Grow (A&G) initiative helped more than 25,000 locals find jobs, compared to...
Government Should Stop Punishing New Home Buyers
The Govt has on Thursday, 5th July introduce another new round of Additional Buyers' Stamp Duty or ABSD. Again the target is on buyers! Instead of helping its people to own their private homes, it decides that their best policy is to go after its citizens. A new homeowner who has sacrificed 2.5 years of his youth in national...
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