Of Rant again

Postedit: With the advice of a close friend, i have decided to remove/censor certain names in the following post to prevent the post from being used for defamation suits. Such is the fear that encroach our lives in this tiny island that even i, as a blogger, cannot write freely and openly. For fear of political suppression and reprise.

I have steered about from political related post for awhile.. but i guess it was always a matter of time before i return with a post..

So what now? Teo made DPM, first female min for SG.. self-renewal??? I would have said "i laughed my arse off", but on hindsight, its not funny at all, the only people that are laughing are probably those who were promoted, not because of rank, but like because of the underlying pay rise that they are getting.

Let's do a count
1x Mineester Mentos

2x Senile Mineester

1x Prima Mineester

2x Depthduty Mineester

That's a freaking 6 senior members that sits in the cabin!

Now why would a country our size, with our GDP, need so many top level guys to govern? Wait a minute, i haven't counted the Mineesters yet! 

Traditionally, ministers hold portfolios, because, well, that's why you need Ministers right? To manage work and portfolios. Defence, Finance, Education, Manpower, Health, Community Youth and Sports, u name it.. but Mineester, Prima Mineester Office?

Our Mineester, Prima Mineester Office are
Lim Ah Heng
Lim Ah Say
Lim Ah Hua

How come all Lim uh? Lim ah lim ah

So u need 3 mineesters in to help the Prima Meenister to work in his Office! 

Underneath it all, what does a big-size cabin means? Ask the man on the street, if you have a football club, how many Manager you need to manage? Real Madrid, Arsenal, Man Utd, Selangor FC, Home Utd, Geylang FC, still 1 manager right? Would you want to have 2 managers-calibre people helping to run the club? Would it work? How about 3? 4? 5? Its like asking Arsene Wenger to work alongside Martin O'Neill, David Moyes, Ramos, Hiddink etc!

Most importantly, the wage bill.. how much does it cost for a tiny country like us to maintain and pay for the wages of these top men that are governing or helping the "top man" to govern?

Would such a heavy cabin-nette help to make things easier for the man on the ground? Would such a big team mean that we, as a small country, can handle global pressures and problems more effectively? Can the same be achieved with lesser people? At lesser cost?

I wonder and cringe at the thought of it all..

I know i'm whipping an old horse, but sometimes, we just play the games we used to play:

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A senior White House official on Tuesday admitted he was floored by the news that Singapore's prime minister earned five times more than US President George W Bush.

"I'm going to emigrate and run for office in Singapore," the official said on condition he be identified only as "a senior administration official who sits in disbelief after reading that story."

On Monday, the Singapore government had announced a fresh 25.5 percent pay hike for Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, boosting his salary to 2.05 million dollars per year.

Bush gets paid 400,000 dollars per year for doing his job, according to the White House.

Combined with personal investment income, he and his wife Laura reported 618,694 dollars in taxable income in the 2005 fiscal year. They had to pay 187,768 dollars in federal taxes.

But maybe Bush shouldn't feel so bad. The Singaporean's paycheck is eight times fatter than Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's.