Tag Archives: Workfare income supplement; Progressive Wage Model

S$778 per month for the destitute : based on the 2016 Budget; Revised in 2019; What is the amount now, the revised latest figures based on the current Budget? Will the WP MPs ask the minister in Parliament for the latest figures? Or, will the MSM journalists ask for it? Where to seek help under the Destitute Act Chapter 78? Who can offer the help and how? Seoul homeless: photo below;

Posted on April 3, 2016 by tankoktim

.. ========= .   . Who is eligible for govt’s public assistance under the Destitute Act Chap 78 [please see copy of the Act below]? What are the terms and conditions of eligibility under the Act? The link to public … Continue reading →

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Counter-Unemployment Fund? “Policy proposals on 4 key issues in GE 2011” in BT on 19 April, 2011; the Gig economy; the self employed; the jobless;

Posted on March 11, 2013 by tankoktim

======= . Australia has the dole for those on the self-chosen path of staying unemployed or half employed, go surfing and catch a fish for dinner. Will our various jobless financial supports lead to that same path for some in … Continue reading →

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2014 Budget? Was the 2013 Budget progressive or regressive?

Posted on March 2, 2013 by tankoktim

2013 BUDGET: WAGE CREDIT SCHEME:  The wage credit scheme is a way to address Prof Lim Chong Yah’s call to freeze the pay of management to narrow the income gap.  It is a way to increase the pay of the … Continue reading →

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Wealth Tax – high direct income tax will cause ‘Wealth Flight’; A deterrence: 35% stamp duty on Living Trust; Bring back Estate Duty tax? Basic standard of living; Solutions? 3% Sales Tax on expensive and branded goods? Or, bring back Payroll Tax to set up a Workfare Income Supplement Fund? Depoliticise – have a fund to pay ministers’ salaries? Have mortgage tax as another form of wealth tax on the rich;

Posted on January 2, 2013 by tankoktim

============= . Where should the money, the funding come from? We should not have direct wealth tax as it will drive away wealth. Solutions? ================= . Wealth tax will drive away wealth. We have indirect consumption tax on wealth. We … Continue reading →

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