imagine the govt as a wife, the people as her husband.
everyone knows a wife is a nurturer, just like the country who provides us education, stable life etc etc. why we call a country as mother.
the wife always nagged at her husband to quit his job as a low-paid social worker, saying that with his qualification, he could become a lawyer, doctor or engineer, so as to earn $$$. will her husband, for the sake of the family, give up his lowly paid job and take up job with more $$, to provide more for his family more material needs?
(the govt likes to tells us to encourage to take up jobs with good prospects, so as to increase the value and productivity of singapore. think of GDP, or how LSL likens singapore GDP will become 2 trillions, if Singapore Inc listed in stock exchange! does singaporeans heed its call? to pursue $$ but not to listen to follow our heart and do what we like?)
the govt/country=the wife, likes to boast that because of her investment and business acutement, her family is much richer than her neighbours.
(think of how our govt conducts to the rest of ASEAN countries, how ASEAN treat us, think of our investments to their countries)
she likes to boast though her family is small, only 1 kids, comparing to her neighbours who has a dozen kids but poor.
(think of the size of our country, so that micromanaging it is much simpler)
the wife, who is a homemaker, keeps some of the money her husband had given her, to invest. because of her business acutement and good money management, she made some money and provide some of her extra income for her family. she is a very capable woman indeed.
(think of the success stories of Temasek/GIC,who makes investment from our CPF money, money collected from tax)
suddenly, she demands her husband that though she's a homemaker, she should be given a salary, saying that without her, the family WILL SINK. and demand her salary to be capped with the private sectors oe else she will leave the family.
(no need explanation here. the reason for the sudden demand is because of materialism? or because of the power she has over her husband? no one knows...)
the husband, though think its unreasonable, gave in, thinking of years of marriage with her. her husband also think of the sacrifice she made during their early marriage. will the demand set an influence to their only child?
(will the young singaporeans be influenced by this act of the govt??)
her husband has to surrender all his income now to his wife, but the marriage is not like what it used to be. he grumbles alot, complaining about her,worse, to his friends
(the trust, between the govt and its ppl, is as sacred as a marriage. is the trust still there?will the spirit of this marriage the same before?)
you decide.
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