The Economist who isn't jamming brakes

Well, well, look who's talking... An Economist residing in the PMO...

We have a Think-Tank in the cabinet and he is not an easy person to manage, as far as The WP is concerned.

Iswaran said that The WP is proposing "jamming brakes on the population growth" which will hurt the nation's economy, and that PAP is just "stepping on the brakes to have a smooth landing..."

So PAP's 6.9million worst case scenario which scares the shit out of many true blue Singaporeans is just "stepping on the brakes" as far as Iswaran is concerned.


Hmm...


Well, while i am not expert in Economics, i do have some common sense like you out there, which i believe i can apply here...

1. Our REAL problem is natural birth, and the rate is below 2.1, meaning that if Singaporeans don't start f**king more and making babies, the economy and workforce will get a hit in the long-run.

2. Bringing in foreigners, and later giving them PR and later Citizenship is only a temporary solution. If the objective is to grow the CORE, then we must breed Singaporeans by birth. People who are handed citizenship will take YEARS to develop loyalty to the nation, and they cannot be considered as the CORE.

3. The more viable way of encouraging fellow Singaporeans to become parents are:

3a) Help the middle class with more birth and housing incentives.
3b) Giving recognitions to people who become parents, whether they are legally married or not.
3c) Have better income tax-relief for having more children.

The government might want to consider the above suggestions.


It's a long way to go, but together, We Singaporeans BOLEH !


Majulah Singapura.

And Happy Chinese Snake Year 2013.

=)
BN