Mr. Lim defends bonuses.
I guess they are so obsessed with the concept of money, and more money that they forgot everything else. Enough said really.
Well, we have a better alternative to these folks- at least one which is much less obsessed about money, headlines, glamour and glory- and more about putting country and people first instead.
This is what I wrote in a facebook thread about having an alternative choice in the opposition side(I have put them in italics instead)..
For many, many yrs now, the message frm the govt has been: strap up by your bootstraps. You cannot have any help. You must be independent. If govt feeds you, one wud lose their self-reliance and independence, and thought.
The point I wanna make is this: all these are not wrong- in essence. What is wrong is that most pple don't even have an equal opportunity in success to do that. Of course, if one guy comes frm a relatively well-off family, he wud be expected to make his own effort to succeed- because he has the education, the expected maturity and some help from his family when he was growing up. He can pull himself up by the bootstraps because he has access to the tools to do so- without the need of govt intervention.
But not all has the same privilege as he does. Most of us have a deficit in some areas; some of us come from broken families; some were born to working class parents who sometimes couldn't afford many things beyond food; some of us may have a parent or relative suffering from terminal illness when we were born at that time, and hence money was tight; some even may come from single families for whichever reason. These are the pple whom if the govt ignores, and doesn't make access to equal opportunity to succeed, will become an undercurrent of what's the negative side of capitalism, and the attitude of "winning at all costs".
As one of the alternative choices WP has become, and is right now, our role is to serve people, and to serve them wholeheartedly. Its not for glamour or for pride- but its for the pple of Singapore, and the future of this country. We don't seek riches, or fame or headlines, we only seek this to set pple free from their bondages in this country.
Therefore while other parties, or individuals seek to revisit the past, we only seek to find and make what can be and should be a brighter future for all of Singapore and its people. Others may seek to use fear; we seek hope and change. When pple are in despair, we give them hope. When pple are sick, we give them health. When pple are under stress, we give them relief. And when pple are hurt, we give them comfort. Most of all, if and when they seek an avenue to release hurt and anger, we give them our whole attention and our ears and eyes, in order to bring more empathy to this country.
In this time of difficulties, and of rapid changes and of the stresses that these bring, we seek to be the party that understands people, and things, and respects all people and their opinion. We know we are not a perfect party, or an organisation that knows everything. That's why we need all of us- all Singaporeans, and of their opinions, and their evaluations. We seek to empower all Singaporeans, not for our sake, but for their sake. We intend to be the positive alternative to what has been negative in our politics for a long time.
Because in this world, it cannot just be the distant past; it cannot be just about us; it cannot just be only fear. We are focused on a brighter future; we are about everyone; and we are the party of hope and change.
And that's what we want to be, and we want all of us to know. *This is not just our duty; it's not just an obligation; but it is a role that all of us are willing to play because we are part of this country. That's what we shall do, and one which we want to. So let's do it, everyone.*
*I have edited this last line to end it better on a higher note*
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