The Legal Janitor

Some people are just fucking retards.

Despite my criticisms of the ruling party in the past, I’ve come round to the idea that Singapore is the closest possible incarnation to a libertarian state, in terms of what is politically and pragmatically feasible.

The USSA

Compare and contrast. The Congress of the United Socialist States of America are about to spend taxpayer’s money bailing out failed businesses that have no right to those taxpayer money. When the Bill to do so was rejected the first time round, I thought that sense had prevailed amongst the Members of Congress. Watching an additional 170 billion dollars being added to the package, I realise that it was not sense, but GREED that motivated the parasites.

All the lobbyists and special interest groups contacted their Congress critters to make a grab for a share of the pie. Anything that can be added to the bill for some group or other was added. It was a mass orgy of suckling at the teat of Washington D.C. The USSA will have to borrow money from foreign sources to finance the bailout, taking them deeper into debt. Unproductive assets mired in those failed banks will not be re-allocated to more productive uses. And continued involvement by the government in the operations of those banks will guarantee that Congress critters will have every opportunity to extend their influence and profit from that influence.

Cry me a river, motherfuckers

So the next time some whiney ass-licker from ToC or some other cry-myself-to-sleep blog complains again about Minister salaries in Singapore, I will tell them to go fuck themselves. There was this popular meme going around about how the PM of Singapore earns so much more than the President of the USA (its the USSA to you now assholes) or how our MPs earn more than the Members of Congress in the US. Well, now we know why don’t we. Congress critters profit immeasurably from their power and influence, and the corruption is endemic throughout the American political system.

I’d rather pay our Ministers and MPs tons of cash upfront, and have all that TRANSPARENCY and ACCOUNTABILITY, rather than have them try to weasel up goodies off the books from supplicants trying to garner government favour.

I’ve also heard another complaint, that if we’re paying Ministers so much, why aren’t they doing more? Here is the magic of why our government is so great. We’re paying them to do less! The less that government does, the less likely they’ll fuck things up. Seriously people, go read up your history books. When was the last time that any government did MORE, and resulted in a happy ending for the common man?

And to all those mouth-breathing morons saying that public service should not be about the money, why don’t you then quit your job and go help beggars or something? Can’t do it? I know. That’s cuz you are a dick and only know how to complain.

ISA? No, Gitmo, mofo!

Of course, I’m not saying Singapore is perfect. We still have the ISA, which the most best free country in the world, the USSA, doesn’t have…. oh fuck [USA PATRIOT Act].

Or how about the rumoured omnipresent surveillance that our government supposedly put normal Singaporeans through on a daily basis? Say no more! They got da FISA [FISA original][FISA extra crispy]! Hell, most major cities in “liberal western” countries are blanketed with CCTV cameras observing your every move!

Or how about random searches without probable cause [TSA]? Throughout all my times travelling in and out of Changi Airport, never have I been searched, and I can bet all the money I have in my bank account that 99.99% of travellers through Changi have not either.

Of course we have other monumentally retarded laws such as marital rape immunity or prohibitions against gay sex (no thanks to fucking religious fundamentalists like Focus on the Family or Gerald Giam), but those are otherwise tolerable incursions into personal sovereignty, when measured against worse intrusions perpetrated by the governments of other countries.

SG is not for you

In fact, it bothers me that the PAP seem to be pandering to the fucktards of the country, people like those in ToC. Toughen up bitches! You’re supposed to be hardasses who don’t take no bullshit, so what happened? Why are you bending over and listening to the crap shat out by people who supposedly care about Singapore, but are actually more interested in being invited to tea?

I say, Singapore is great! Low taxes, easy to start up your own business, low crime, authorities don’t hassle you unless you try to fuck things up. Seriously, what more can a libertarian ask for?

If you’re still not happy, gtfo. SG is not for you.

Honestly, there’s a site out there that is quite a piece of shit. It is a cesspool around which the insane and the mentally unstabled congregate to pat each other on their backs (in the comments section) and slather a thin veneer of respectability onto each other.

Apart from one or two genuinely respectable persons, I find a few from that site to be rather unsavoury, one who is a stinking hypocrite masquerading as a reasonable person, another a fame-mongering power hungry scrub who fancies himself a future politician.

Those who desire power deserve it the least, and this particular person has the stench of desperation for power about him.

Given the quality of bullcrap published on that site, I wonder why the mainstream media would ironically seem to give them the respectability they do not deserve, when they have appeared to be resistant towards new media intrusion into their traditional domain.

Oh wait, the answer is plain. The mainstream media chose a stinking pile of crap to represent new media so that people will still find Shitty Times and Media Corpse to be trustworthy in comparison. oh lulz.

UPDATE: If you can understand the theme behind this blog, then you will understand why I detest ToC. <The Online Shitizen>

So the Big Boss Man himself says that:

Western-style liberal democracy is not a prerequisite for growth; instead what is needed is stability of governments… Citing a report by the World Bank, Mr Lee said countries with different systems - from single-party governments to multi-party democracies - can achieve sustained growth, but this must come with stability.

Later on, he adds:

As for Singapore’s policy when it comes to investing its reserves, Mr Lee said the country has minimal investments in emerging markets at this point in time.

“No, I’m not considering investing in sovereign wealth funds in Russia or emerging markets. We have to take a very conservative approach to our hard-earned savings and therefore we go into mature markets where the returns are not so good, but the certainty of the returns and value of your capital will never be in doubt,” he said.

Hmm, let’s see. Think of countries that have the above criteria; stable, mature markets, certainty of return on investments, suitable for investors with conservative appetites for risk. Compare this with an approximation of countries in which our government funds [GIC][Temasek] have invested in. Oh snap! Still liberal democracies for the win.

Channelnewsasia.com - MM Lee says growth tied to stability of govts, human capital investments