LKY's absence in cabinet brings immediate benefits to the people

From: yansimon52
Subject: Re: LKY's absence in cabinet brings immediate benefits to the people

On May 30, 11:20 am, Wakalukong wrote:

> When LKY was in the cabinet, Mah Bow Tan just obeyed orders and dared
> not even tell LKY he was wrong. Not only did MBT fail to build enough
> HDB flats, he also fail to build enough rental flats. And that's not
> all. Many of those trying to rent HDB flats to have a roof over their
> families' heads were accused by the govt and the media of abusing the
> system.

> Now Khaw Boon Wan has declared that we would need another tens of
> thousands of rental flats. So, MBT (& LKY) had been so wrong for so
> long.

> Why was LKY & obedient servant MBT so against rental flats? After
> all, people in other countries rent flats without being called of all
> sorts of names.

> LKY's longstanding explanation for wanting people to own, instead of
> renting, flats was that if the people didn't own property they would
> not defend the country. A valid point. But being LKY, he became
> obssessed by his own point and based the govt's housing policy on this
> defence consideration to the exclusion of housing & social
> considerations!

> But there's another secret reason for LKY's insistence that the people
> must own their HDB flats instead of renting them. It was such an
> important reason that those who wanted to rent flats (because they
> couldn't afford to own one) were accused of abusing the system. So
> what was this very important but secret reason? This is the reason:
> With rental flats the HDB (hence the govt) can't suck your CPF account
> dry. If you rent a flat and have lots of money in your CPF account,
> the govt will have to pay you when it's time to retire and collect.
> That''s why LKY is so angry with people who want to rent, and not buy,
> HDB flats. Such anger caused him (& obedient servant MBT) to be red
> in the face and call renters all sorts of names.

> Now that LKY is not in the cabinet, Khaw is free to build tens of
> thousands more rental flats. Now you see the advantage of not having
> LKY in the cabinet?

> Wakalukong

I already said that this mother fucker shorties...just love to score
point with the Familee............he try to make money money for the
govt.....just to impress the Familee that he is up to par on his job.
Worst you see from him is.....in recent time he was trying to rub
shoulder with those big boys developers.....believing himself also one
of those big boy developer....so price of HDB flat must go up what? To
him 300,000 plus for a flat is sub sub swee if compare to other
neighbourhood condo what?