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I dont think the poor here are incapable or releuctant to improve themselves. Hypothetically, imagine in China where labours are cheap. Then the govt of China go to another country (say Indonesia) and imports many many Indonesia FTs and work in China with half the salary, and displace the many China workers. So are we gonna say the China workers are not trying to improve themselves and dont want to upgrade?

About SMRT, if anyone own this stock then he better follow the things happening around sg closely. I am fortunate to have sold off all my smrt stks when i see the trains broke down one after another. I do feel that its not the time yet for smrt.

defense and police are not socialism benefit. Before there is socialism or capitalism, there has been defense and police. It's a function of government.

socialism benefit is such as unemployment benefit, retirement benefit, healthcare benefit, etc.

In Singapore, there is almost none. Singapore is the best capitalist in the world. That's why Singapore, such a small country can produce a lot of wonders.

As for the riches vs the poors. I have seen the riches work more than one job before they become rich. But a lot of the poors don't even try to work a few jobs to improve their lives. So should the riches help the poors in that sense?

Perhaps we should help all the poor, if they doesn't want to help themselves, at least we have tried. The playing field will never be level but it should not be such a handicapped that a system become closed. I am not taking about entitlement type of help like free tuition, but perhaps shelter from abusive or dyfnctional families must be available and easily known to all, and such services reach out to the vulnerable by the grassroots. Similar while I don't believe in unemployment benefits, we should reach out to ppl who want to work but are disabled or discriminate against. We should not stop extending help simply because they might be some underserving of our help.