Would I get into trouble?
went to watch an election rally today. it's the first that i've ever seen. it was an interesting experience. one speaker, i thought, was utter crap: incoherent, no style, bad structure, lousy points. the other speakers that i saw were stylistically beautiful to watch. and some of them raised pretty good points.
now, if i were to say which party's rally i went to watch, i would be in deep shit because i would be breaking the law. so i shan't say which party's rally i went to watch. neither shall i say whether anyone should vote for that party. that, you have to make up your mind.
but i do want to include some of the issues that i have been thinking about since leaving that rally:
- what's the point of painting a vision of a beautiful future without offering concrete strategies of delivering a good significant proportion of people from a horrible present?
- should people be made to co-pay for things such as lifts stopping at every floor? is that not the responsibility of the government to take care of our citizens? if anything, it's the PRs and the non-citizens who should be made to pay.
- what's the point of upgrading anyway? particularly if the people staying in the block are facing financial difficulties, unemployed or might be unemployed? what's the point of upgrading when one is already facing negative equity on one's property and property prices in HDB flats are unlikely to go up anyways?
- should water consumption by households be taxed? or should a portion of water used by household be tax-free on the basis that that amount is a basic necessity and any excess, which is then a luxury, then be subsequently taxed? is this already the case? if not, why not?
- should public transport fares go up? why? especially when the public transport companies (which are government-linked) keep posting record profits while continually face complaints of declining service standards?
now, these 5 issues that i've raised are just issues that i've been thinking about. i don't think that i have, in any way, express support (or opposition) of any party (for that matter, i've not cited the name of any parties in this post). however, though it is interesting to note that i still publish this post with apprehension that it might be misconstrued as being against the law.
ah well... what the heck. one should learn to speak up. here goes...