tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957101.post112150602583224676..comments2024-01-14T01:01:13.143+08:00Comments on Singapore Alternatives: NKF Saga II : The Prisoner of SuccessAdminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08118282904480380059noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957101.post-1121753098427154342005-07-19T14:04:00.000+08:002005-07-19T14:04:00.000+08:00haha....good point GMS, maybe that is why Dick Che...haha....good point GMS, maybe that is why Dick Cheney and GWB resort to using Hailliburton's oil money for their addition salary....<BR/><BR/>Even until now Dick Cheney is still receiving US$1 million every year!<BR/><BR/>But I agree with you, public service is for the public...but will there ever be a way of paying low and yet demand zero corruption and the best talents? Pragmatist would say no....Thrasymachushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625429514547409822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957101.post-1121665657524022412005-07-18T13:47:00.000+08:002005-07-18T13:47:00.000+08:00Dear Thrasymachus,Then by your logic, USA, Britain...Dear Thrasymachus,<BR/><BR/>Then by your logic, USA, Britain and such big countries must have more pay for their politicians? They made even big decisions than our politicians, managing an economy that is dunno how many times the size of ours! Ironically, they don't evaluate their salaries with such skewed logic as we do.<BR/><BR/>This is a matter of public service, not calculative to how much "pay cut" the ministers are suffering. If they really mind about such sacrifices, then politics and public service is not a place for them to be. <BR/><BR/>Goh Meng SengAdminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08118282904480380059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957101.post-1121665063570574782005-07-18T13:37:00.000+08:002005-07-18T13:37:00.000+08:00There are both "truth" and "false" in your article...There are both "truth" and "false" in your articles. and I could only agree to a certain extent. <BR/><BR/>Many people think that Ministers' pay is not justified. But if you look at all the new Ministers to join politics in last elections, all of them took a massive pay cut from their previous jobs. <BR/><BR/>Today, we might fight and win the argument over the Ministers' high pay, but what is the end results? Ministers having a lower pay, might make less top people interested in the job, more vunerable for corruption, become a country like Phillippines? <BR/><BR/>I think all young activists should be wary of not plucking the "forbidden fruit" just because it is forbidden (even though it was not) and we should be far sighted in our judgements and impact of our decisions.Thrasymachushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625429514547409822noreply@blogger.com