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新加坡媒体把2011预算案赞为令人欣喜异常，鼓掌称道的兼顾眼前与未来的预算，并且认为分红是为民解困。果真如此? 这种所谓的与民分享财政盈余在一个没有福利意识的政治体系里会有多少诚意与真实性？ 财政盈余来自政府收入大于开支的差额。然而，财政盈余未必值得高兴，因为苛捐杂税是政府高税务收入的原因之一，此外，政府忽略福利预算亦可以减少政府开支。这种政府财务政策下的盈余乃来自人民的双重痛苦，有何值得欣喜鼓掌？ 来自不当收入的财政盈余只是民间私有资源的转移，与政策的优越性与行政的效率性并无关系，相反的，这是政府剥削人民的具体实证。事质上，只有从创造取得的财富才是真实的盈余。 那么，新加坡的财政盈余来自何处？有些什么特色？要知道个中玄机不妨看看学者的研究论文，从中明了一些学界所掌握的盈余资讯。 2007年，国立大学的Tilak... 

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia: “Gerrymandering is a practice of political corruption that attempts to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating geographic boundaries to create partisan, incumbent-protected, and neutral districts.” To maximize the effect of supporters’... 

In one of Zainul Abideen Rasheed’s facebook photo, he had uploaded a photo of him and Ghadaffi’s son Saif Al Islam, who had come to Singapore for F1. Saif Al Islam is currently blamed for the massacres and brutal killings in Libya. He has made a few chiling speeches on Libyan tv making serious threats to protestors.... 

Mr Mohd Affendy of the Reform Party (RP) has written in to clarify on the ‘Ang Bao’ incident which some have suggested caused the recent mass resignation fiasco. In an email addressed to the Temasek Review (TR), Mr Affendy said the ‘Ang Bao’  (traditional Chinese monetary gift) which was given to... 

The following is a chat between husband and wife on the general election. Mrs Tan is a die-hard supporter of PAP. She has given her vote to PAP since day one. She is often impatient when her husband speaks against PAP. The husband has not made up his mind yet but is moving towards the opposition. He is a rational man given... 

Saudi King Abdullah REUTERS – Saudi King Abdullah returned home to the world’s biggest oil exporter after three months abroad for medical treatment on Wednesday and unveiled a series of benefits for citizens estimated to be worth $35 billion.  The benefits include funding to offset high inflation, to help young... 

Singapore in its inaugural report to the United Nations on the status of human rights defended its tough stance on the death penalty as well as other issues like detention without trial that have repeatedly come under fire from human rights groups. The city-state is set in May to undergo the first stage of a review under... 

Bahrain’s king sacks four cabinet ministers as tens of thousands of people pour into the streets of the capital, Manama, calling for an end to the monarchy. King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa dismissed the ministers of cabinet affairs, housing, health and electricity in an attempt to pacify pro-democracy demonstrations,... 

Recently, there is a report by Wan Bao reporter on the gay massage joints whereby he was being offered condoms when he visited one of them. From his observation, it is quite clear that there are some hanky panky activities in such massage joints. I don’t understand why, in the past 2 years, there is a rampant setup... 

Major tribes in Yemen have jointed pro-democracy protests demanding the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, tribal sources say. Inspired by the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia, Yemeni protesters are urging President Saleh to end his 32-year rule. Dozens of demonstrators have been killed and hundreds more injured by...