Flaws with WP alternative policies in Parliament 

13 Apr 2025

@Babe:Flaws with WP alternative policies in Parliament :

1. Propose land sales to finance recurrent fiscal budget - soon no more lands for younger generations as Singapore is a little red dot.

@Babe:2. Use more nirc 60% - no GST hikes.

Equivalent to raiding our reserves & leaving less reserves for our younger generations.

@Babe:3. No GST hike - Government fiscal budget deficit results in debts. Unable to accumulate surplus to do tax transfer to 90% of the population.

4 members family get > $10,000 tax transfer for 2 years.

@Babe:CDC, GST vouchers, utility rebate, senior bonus etc - 4 member family receive > $10,000 rebate.

More than GST, inflation rise. 2% $48,000 - GST hike= $960.

@Babe:How many people spend $4,000 a month or $48,000 a year? 2% GST hike is only $960.

A 4 member family receive $10,000 or more.

$10,000 not enough to cover $960?

@Babe:Did you do a calculation before you fool the voters?

You think all voters are stupid?

@Babe:Are you saying a household spend $4,000 a month now spend $8,000 a month because of 2% GST hike?

Singapore voter's stupid?

@Babe:Who actually pay for the GST hike?

It is the top 10% rich people paying for the GST. 

90% of the population actually gain from the GST tax transfer - and incur no loss from GST hike & inflation.

@Babe:So oppies didn't do a detail computation but attempt to fool gullible voters.

@Babe:4. Advocate Minimum wages without productivity growth. Singapore labour force lose competitiveness to other countries.

PAP advocate PWM - step increase in wages with productivity growth.

@Babe:5. Advocate Retrenchment insurance.

Retrenched workers no incentive to rejoin workforce.

PAP provide job support fund + training + job placement.

@Babe:6. Advocate Nationalisation of public transport.

This will drain taxpayers money, inefficiency, no market discipline, cannot bid overseas project to earn revenue.

@Babe:7. WP Manap - want politics, governance to mix with religion citing Islam operate this way.

Pritam cut him off.

Singapore is secular society.

He want Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism to mix with governance?

@Babe:8. Suggest 70 year lease. Then top up for 29 years.

a. When you retire, got money to top up?

b. If 70 year lease expires, you still survive no where to live?

@Babe:9. If want to sell the flat with lower lease, cannot fetch good price.

a. 99 year lease, people already say barely enough,WP say HDB flat should start with 70 years lease?

@Babe:10. There are so many layers of government in formulating government policies before it finally settled in Parliament.

2. Not a blank check or own self check own self.

@Babe:11. Layers of check & balance in policy formulation:-

1. Civil service - department

2. COPS - Council Of Permanent Secretaries

3. Parliamentary Secretaries in various Ministries

@Babe:4. Public Consultation with Private Professional Bodies

5. Cabinet Ministers

Before presented to Parliament debates.

Oppositions rarely value add to amend in Parliament because it is robustly debated.

@Babe:12. 2 party system results in a deadlock government.

Just look at US, UK, S Korea and many others - changing government like changing clothes.

@Babe:13. What solutions is WP proposing to secure Singaporeans jobs threaten by AI, trade tariffs, tech disruption?

What is WP alternative governing policies for Singapore?

@Babe:Can WP govern Singapore?

Looking at the flaw alternative policies propose by WP - Singapore will lose its competitiveness quickly and our reserves will dry out very quickly.

@Babe:Why government spend on memorial hall, because government need to refresh tourism spots to attract tourists spendings.

@Babe:Target $50 billions are earn from tourism.

Memorial heritage worldwide is one tourists attraction big spenders.

@Babe:When external trade take a hit, tourism is to cushion the impact to stimulate domestic economic.

@Babe:$150 million spend on memorial heritage can spin off multiplier effect many times the amount through circular flow of income in construction and subsequent recurrent revenue.

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@Politics Factual Martin:How are their policies flawed when they are not targeting to be gov?

@Babe:So you admit WP MPs are sub-standard?

If there are PAP MPs why need PAP - lite?

Taking up space for Ministers to solve National problems?

@Babe:We need best brains to resolve difficult and complex national problems.

If candidates are not of the right caliber, drop out of the race.

Don't take out spaces meant for the best brains.

@Babe:Don't sabo Singapore!

@Babe:So democracy is not based on meritocracy and competency.

Even though oppositions quality are lower than PAP, voters will still elect them into Parliament even though their ideas are substandard.

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@Babe:Do you know why Trump is facing a massive Treasury bonds sell out?

It is precisely adversaries know US debt is $36 trillion.

A coordinated sellout crash US Bond and hike Trump cost of borrowing.

@Babe:Jamus Lim suggest the government reveal the size of our reserves and let speculators crash our financial market?

@Babe:The President and his Council have a full account of all Singapore reserves.

Why the need to fully publish it and let bad actors attack Singapore & cripple our finance system?

@Babe:Adversaries in the US Bond market know exactly what tranche are maturing, where to refinance their bonds etc and do coordinated attacks to short US Bond market.

@Babe:This has upset Trump economic plan who rely on Treasury Bond to finance their fiscal budget - precisely all their details are known to adversaries.

@Babe:Does Jamus want Singapore to undergo similar financial attack like the last Asian financial crisis when ASEAN come under attack - and trigger devaluation of ASEAN currency that lead to a recession?

@Babe:The global challenges are now more potent as geopolitical tensions deepen.

All the more we should keep our reserves safe and get ready if our financial system come under attack.

@Babe:Don't put your stake and children stake in the oppositions.

Put your bet on PAP who have help us to ride many crisis.

Tariff crisis is heavyweight - as supply chain has been broken.

Middle age pmet looking for WP MP Jamus Lim to help look for jobs.

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSB1Vn4bQ/

WP MP Louis Chia ask voters for solutions how to solve fresh graduates inability jobs in Sengkang.

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSkvkR8nL/

@Babe:I thought WP MPs should help their wards to find jobs.

This is what you all are elected for.

Why ask residents what to do?

@Babe:If you can't find jobs for your voters, then what are you voted for?

Now this is the moment of truth.

Voters got to live with the consequences of their votes.

@Babe:Difference between PAP MPs and WP MPs.

1. PAP MPs find jobs for voters.

Ng Chee Meng organise SIA, Scoots and many organisations to match jobs for retrenched Jetstar staff

2. WP MPs ask their residents for ideas how to look for jobs for their voters.

@Babe:Notice WP MPs are quite hopeless.
When Sengkang residents approach them to help them find jobs, they throw the problem back to the residents - to ask for solutions.
Then vote WP MPs for what?
Time for Sengkang voters to regret.

@Babe:PAP Ng Chee Meng find 4,000 job vacancies for 300 retrenched Jetstar Singapore workers.
WP MPs are just hopeless lah.

@Babe:Who determines social needs for COE?

Jamus Lim ah?

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSB7U3pcx/

@Babe:Based on Jamus Lim social needs, then all citizens should get Coe.

Then how is Jamus Lim addressing the limited road space and prevent congestion on the road?

@Babe:Jamus Lim is trying to define social needs for some groups of people but neglected the needs for other groups - playing the role of a "social judge".

Who has given him the right to do so?

@Babe:@Babe:Jamus Lim should bring this up in the Parliament and raise in REACH topic.

Let see how people demolish his ideas and expose him as a bogus economist.

@Babe:Apparently Jamus Lim very weak in the economic principles of scarce resources, demand, supply, opportunity cost vis a vis definition of social needs.

As well as knowledge of alternatives such as MRT, bus, taxi, private hire, av - a mass mover versus a selfish self-centred private car in lieu of limited road space.

@Babe:rich one stay in GCB, bungalow.

less rich stay in condo.

the less well off stay in HDB.

rich own car.

less rich hire cab or grab.

less well off take MRT, bus, av.

@Babe:So are you insisting everyone should stay in GCB with limited land spaces just like everyone should possess a car in limited land road?

@moomoonmoomoo:As I mention, you can do it via ballot, limit allocation to PR and foreigner, limit one per household, penalty that would cause a pinch for those whom want a 2nd car, higher cost implemention for PHV and car sharing, etc etc. so so many can be done, if they can shoot a satellite up for ERP, I am sure they can come up with something except excuses.

@Babe:tell Jamus Lim to bring it up in Parliament and see whether it make sense or not.
ballot some more....
think carefully about the implications and how it impact the economy.

@Babe:all your suggestions have been deeply studied and are not practical.

@Babe:seriously tell Jamus Lim to bring up all your points here in Parliament and see how your points are not workable supported by figures.
this have been discussed for many decades already since Coe have been introduced.
no point discussing here.

@Babe:Just cannot understand some people:-
1. call cab cannot?
2. call grab cannot?
3. take MRT cannot?
4. take bus cannot?
5. rent car cannot?

die die must buy a car? no car can die?
if die die want car, then work hard, earn more money, bid for coe and buy lor.
so many people can travel everywhere with public transport without a car - but yet some people prefer the vanity to own a car.

cannot afford Kao beh Kao bu.

@Babe:Limited land space that are shared by the population is an expensive economic goods.

People who want to own cars for its private use must pay a high price for this privilege luxurious commodity for its own used at the expense of the rest of the population.

I am surprise Jamus Lim as an economist don't understand this Economic principles and try to fool his supporters appealing to compassion - but work against the benefits and interest of the population at large for a few selfish individuals not willing to pay the price to enjoy the privileges.

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSSRptpU2/

@Babe:WP Jamus Lim is devoid of reality - claiming high corporate tax don't chase away corporates and investors.

Many countries with high taxes are in fact chasing away foreign investors and corporates.

@Babe:Stark warning about the health of the UK economy, as he said that raising taxes to cover mounting borrowing costs will only lead to more people leaving.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/07/28/britain-stuck-in-doom-loop-warns-hedge-fund-chief/#:~:text=Hedge%20fund%20boss,says%20Ray%20Dalio