This is in response to this post on xinyun’s blog.

A SINGAPOREAN:

The gover-min tells you that you owned two cows (which can be taken away anytime). You have to buy the grass to feed the cows you don’t really own and pay 7% of tax for it. This tax is for the gover-min to ‘help’ those people whose cows are less healthy and productive. On top of that you have to milk the cows yourself for the milk and the gover-min takes some of the milk you get. The gover-min also take credit for the quality of the milk and rewards themselves so much milk in one year that they can’t drink them all in a lifetime so the gover-min won’t be stealing your milk.