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抨击陈振声巧言令色 杨南强:“如有诚意促进社会平等,何以基薪政策仍可悲?”

by Yee Loon
02/11/2018
in 新闻, 时事, 社交媒体, 舆论
Reading Time: 1 min read
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“如果我们的最高领导们,真的有诚意帮助社会弱势群体、创造更平等的机会,为何我们扶助绝对贫穷群体的基本薪资政策,还是如此可悲?”

新加坡政府投资公司前首席经济师杨南强,抨击贸工部长陈振声,与其巧言令色声称精英应该回馈社会,倒不如把拨款用在更实质、有效的政策,以便在更大程度上根除令新加坡耻辱的贫富不均问题。

杨南强是针对上月26日,陈振声在公共政策研究所的论坛上发表的谈话,于前日于脸书撰文公开抨击后者。

陈振声在公共政策研究所30周年论坛上,参与讨论贫富不均课题,他曾指出,经一番努力而取得成就的人不应被泛指为精英主义者,只要他们关心较弱势群体,尽力回馈社会,就不宜给他们贴上这样的负面标签。

杨南强:国家有能力提高就业入息补助

也曾担任国大李光耀公共政策研究所兼职教授的杨南强,指出我国绝对有能力把就业入息补贴计划和乐龄补助计划,提升到每月600元,让那些收入不足的群体能满足基本需求。

“然而,决策者仍冥顽不灵,不愿为涵括大部分绝对贫穷、年长群体的这两项政策,投入更多。”

这笔花费只占GDP的不到一巴仙,无需增加税收。多数研究表明,扩大辅助不会减少工作动力,反而能大大改善穷人的自主能力。

仁政从改革社会政策开始

“恰恰是在上世纪90年代、2000-2010年间,我国落实的过度移民政策压低了劳工工资,形成了穷忙族,至少有30-40万人口活在绝对贫穷中。”

“陈振声部长作为有才智、风度的领导者,曾在社会与家庭发展部和文化、社区及青年部任职超过三年,以及执掌职总秘书长一职达三年。如果这么多年来,他位处高职都没有、没办法去改善贫穷者的处境,那请问还有哪些精英领导会这么做?”

他在文末告诫政府精英们,真正有智慧的仁政,应该是从更深层的政策思想转变和国内社会改革开始,否则所有的漂亮话都只是空谈而已。

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