Am i a low income worker?

[Intltuk]

Originally Posted by MoJoe313

Did you notice that they only changed their foreign influx policies AFTER people complain? Moral of the story: Speak up. Else they will party on as usual.

This one I agree

[Squeezy]

See what the government did to us?
$6000 considered low income?

[zeajay]

Originally Posted by BMW69

I don't agree with everything the PAP does. I personally hate taking public transport in Singapore and would choose to drive almost everywhere I go. However, the public transport sector is privately owned and the government has taken steps to try to ease the congestion in buses and trains during peak periods by helping the purchase of more buses and trains (which I don't agree with seeing that SMRT and SBS are privately owned). The public transport sector has a lot to do to justify the fares they command.

However, the government is also doing a lot to help the lower income families (at least they're paying for the medical bills after the cut somebody). It could have been much worse.

Also, with the exception of COE prices (which fluctuates from a one time historic low of $2 to $97889 which has not been seen since Jan 2013) the cost of car ownership in Singapore is not the highest in the world, especially taking into account other developed cities like Hong Kong and Toyko. http://www.autoblog.com/2013/05/29/i...und-the-world/

It is possible to beat the increased petrol taxes by purchasing a diesel car. While the diesel Road Tax in Singapore is higher than that for petrol cars, a simple calculation will show how many KM you need to drive yearly to justify a diesel car. Diesel cars are very popular in Europe and are actually less harmful to the environment than petrol cars in Singapore. Also, the leaps in diesel engine technologies have made them more incognito on Singapore roads. It is also worth noting that petrol cost more in many European countries (and HK) than in Singapore.

Even with the "high" cost of ERP in Singapore, the congestion charge in Central London is even less affordable. It costs more than S$23 (at current exchange rates) to drive into London. There are also other countries and cities in the world with significantly higher congestion charges in Singapore (read the link I posted on top).

Parking costs in Singapore are not determined by the government, with the exception of URA and Wilson Parking to some extent. Those car parks charge $1-$2 per hour, depending on where you're parking. The government has no say in how much shopping centres in Orchard hotels charge. The parking charges at public car parks has remained stagnant since so many years ago. How many people here remember when HDB upped the parking charges from 90 cents an hour to $1? I can't seem to find that info online. That in comparison to parking costs in NYC which starts from US$12 to US$55 an hour.

Of course, you would prefer to just slam and slam without doing research right?

Well said bro.

[MoJoe313]

Originally Posted by zeajay

Well said bro.

BMW69 is top 1% earner and has $1.45 million cash/stocks, excluding fully owned investment properties. Naturally, he likes the PAP. I hope you have that too

Originally Posted by BMW69

- Nationality: Singaporean born and bread locally. Did BMT in Tekong BMTC school 2.
- Combined household income: Definitely in the top 1%
- Value and type of housing they're staying in: Freehold Landed in district 10.
- Value and number of additional assets they may own (investment house collecting how much income etc) : my own = 0
- Cash reserves: my own cash reserves + stocks, excluding trusts which I can't collect yet = S$1.45 - S$1.5m

[Granger]

Unless you need to ferry kids to worthless tuition, or have an affair with an FT car park Bj mistress, who needs an over taxed car? Our cuntry is a little red dot.

Don't waste hard earned money on status symbols unless you are prepared to throw it away.

[BMW69]

Originally Posted by MoJoe313

BMW69 is top 1% earner and has $1.45 million cash/stocks, excluding fully owned investment properties. Naturally, he likes the PAP. I hope you have that too

BMW69 as an individual is in the bottom 1% of the salary scale in Singapore.

BMW69 as an individual DOES NOT have any investment properties.

Please do not distort what I have said. I don't appreciate people who distort truths for their personal gain.

[Intltuk]

Originally Posted by BMW69

Please do not distort what I have said. I don't appreciate people who distort truths for their personal gain.

Don't waste time bro...don't waste time....TS only want to hear his echo.

[Max77]

Bottomline: We cant and wouldnt and shouldnt wish that everybody earn the same amount lah. Whose gonna work for who then?

Are u ready to take those kind of risks high earner took to get where they are now? (Minus their gold spoon fed kids)

[leakypipes]

Originally Posted by Intltuk

Don't waste time bro...don't waste time....TS only want to hear his echo.

chope - TS is innocent. Mojoe has his own thread pushing the same message. TS is just wondering if he is low income.

[KiaMLX]

IMHO, TS initially assume that TS is a low income Singaporean

[MoJoe313]

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[MoJoe313]

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[antimatter]

To all bros whom discuss in this thread,

Kindly proceed here, Mojoe313, someone whom just refuse to admit his fault.

to discuss this cry father cry mother there.


And vote, see how many like & dislike him

[leakypipes]

So TS, do you still think you're low income?

[KiaMLX]

I am not low income but my pay may or may not be depend on who i compare with

Originally Posted by leakypipes

So TS, do you still think you're low income?