Found this while ‘Youtube surfing’. In my personal opinion it is far better than all those ‘patriotic songs’ endorse by the government gahmen and played on National TV / Radio over the past few years.

I have this to say. For Singapore to be the homeland I vow to live and die, there are some things that seriously need to be done. It usually revolves around the 3 things that plagues any affluent society,the 3 mountains on the back of every ‘capitalist society camel’ such as you and I, i.e. Medical Cost, Housing and Education.

For starters – the runaway COV (Cost of Valuation) in flats needs to be fixed, if not the ridiculous pricing of our so-called ‘affordable’ HDB flats. Next, it has come to my attention that some schools actually bought a whole bunch of Macs, and then make it compulsory for students to get one as well. Granted only the parents send kids to these schools but the point I want to make is – who paid for that equipment anyway? If it’s not budget from the Ministry of Education I really don’t give a flying fxxk anyway. As for medical cost, well, I guess a lot of us will soon choose to die in a foreign hospital where we can afford the fees.

While I understand that even any changes made will take time to take effect, a lot of people do not have my patience (and I am not known for my patience!!). There is already a Facebook group calling for the ruling party to be voted out. Looking at the response it has gotten (as of this writing it has 2730 members), it is clearly a easy and quick ‘fix’ acceptable to the people who probably haven’t gave a more serious thought about the proper solutions to some of the problems they listed, and the potential consequences of this ‘fix’.

Hard GDP or the macro view of things is no longer the only thing that young Singaporeans care about. The gahmen must take a hard look at the micro level of things and see how a lot of these people think certain things could be / must be done or made better. Despite the previous growth our nation has enjoyed, there is certainly a view that there is a disparity between that and our quality of life. Whether the gahmen felt those views are erroneous or not is not the main issue, the main issue is clearly a disconnect between the decisions (or policy) makers and the people who are affected by their decisions. Or would the gahmen prefer that Singaporeans actually vote them out to see if things might actually be better?

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