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		<title>The TRUTH about Jobs Credit!</title>
		<link>http://civicadvocator.net/the-truth-about-jobs-credit</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 10:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://singaporemind.blogspot.com/2009/02/truth-about-jobs-credit.html
Excerpt:
Here is the truth about the jobs credit. I first heard about this term called the jobs credit during Barak Obama&#8217;s campaign a few months ago. He wanted to subsidise firms for keeping and hiring workers. This idea was thrown out by his own party members, the Democrats, as unworkable. 
Yes? No? Huh?? So?? ]]></description>
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		<title>“Decisive” budget does not address long-term inadequacies in the corporatist model</title>
		<link>http://civicadvocator.net/%e2%80%9cdecisive%e2%80%9d-budget-does-not-address-long-term-inadequacies-in-the-corporatist-model</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://208.79.203.2/~wayangpa/?p=4648
Written by Eugene Yeo and Jeremy Koh &#124; 28 January 2009
PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong has described the $20.5 billion Resilience Package as a ‘very decisive Budget’ that aims to help see Singaporeans through the difficult economic times ahead.
Much has been said about the Budget lately with most PAP ministers and MPs, labor union leaders, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budget : Where are the safety nets?</title>
		<link>http://civicadvocator.net/budget-where-are-the-safety-nets</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://singaporemind.blogspot.com/2009/01/budget-where-are-safety-nets.html
Written by Lucky Tan &#124; 24 January 2009
The day after the &#8220;Resilence Budget&#8221; was announce, Straits Times was filled with articles on how it will save jobs and help Singaporeans during the impending hard times. The budget attempts to save jobs by giving companies a wage credit. The govt will subsidize up to 12% of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PAP MP floats idea of minimum wage, criticizes ‘overheated’ growth model</title>
		<link>http://civicadvocator.net/pap-mp-floats-idea-of-minimum-wage-criticizes-%e2%80%98overheated%e2%80%99-growth-model</link>
		<comments>http://civicadvocator.net/pap-mp-floats-idea-of-minimum-wage-criticizes-%e2%80%98overheated%e2%80%99-growth-model#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Wage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://theonlinecitizen.com/archives/5175
Tuesday, 20 January 2009, 5:51 pm &#124; 919 views Choo Zheng Xi / Editor-in-Chief
“If we would like to see Singapore moving up as one of the most developed countries in the world, and costs increase accordingly, lower income Singaporeans might need a minimum wage to survive.”
A minimum wage law was a constant theme of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not the time to flaunt your riches</title>
		<link>http://civicadvocator.net/not-the-time-to-flaunt-your-riches</link>
		<comments>http://civicadvocator.net/not-the-time-to-flaunt-your-riches#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/1/10/focus/2975672&#38;sec=focus
Extracted from article:
A high-ranking civil servant’s account about spending RM110,124 for him, his wife and son to learn fine French cooking has blown up in his face.
Two factors invited criticism to flare.
First, he was seen as flaunting wealth, obtained from his high pay, at a time when Singapore is suffering one of its worst slumps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping seniors at work</title>
		<link>http://civicadvocator.net/keeping-seniors-at-work</link>
		<comments>http://civicadvocator.net/keeping-seniors-at-work#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Cost of Living]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://theonlinecitizen.com/2009/01/keeping-seniors-at-work/
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong spoke at the Reinventing Retirement Asia Conference organised by the Council of The Third Age. He urged “no let up in keeping seniors at work”. He said that outmoded social attitudes and systems have to change, and that seniors should continue to work beyond the customary retirement age.
I agree.
Less energeticOlder [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Singapore has lowest GDP but highest paid PM in the world!</title>
		<link>http://civicadvocator.net/singapore-has-lowest-gdp-but-highest-paid-pm-in-the-world</link>
		<comments>http://civicadvocator.net/singapore-has-lowest-gdp-but-highest-paid-pm-in-the-world#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[http://singaporeindianvoice.blogspot.com/2008/12/singapore-has-lowest-gdp-but-highest.html
Highest Paid Presidents / PM&#8217;s around the WorldSource: The Mango Blog
The Economic recession has hit one and all, salary cuts and pink slips have taken their toll on the common man. Presidents, Prime Ministers are no exception. Most of the heads have cut down on their salaries or are planning to do so in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minimum wage should come from taxpayers, not businesses</title>
		<link>http://civicadvocator.net/minimum-wage-should-come-from-taxpayers-not-businesses</link>
		<comments>http://civicadvocator.net/minimum-wage-should-come-from-taxpayers-not-businesses#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[http://mathialee.wordpress.com/2008/12/17/taxation-for-min-wage/
Here’s my 2-cents worth on the Minimum-wage issue that many people seem to be advocating as a means to help the lower income. My disclaimer: I’m way out of my depth here, I’m ignorant about how the country is run financially or how economics works (my JC refused to let me do Econs with Bio, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minimum wage for living</title>
		<link>http://civicadvocator.net/minimum-wage-for-living</link>
		<comments>http://civicadvocator.net/minimum-wage-for-living#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aB</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Why we need a minimum wage policy in Singapore
theonlinecitizen.com/2008/12/sporeans-and-foreigners-both-paying-the-price/#comments 
Free competition in the labour market, without safeguards, will continue to push down wages. With outsourcing of many types of work, the wages of the contract workers have now fallen below the subsidence level. Many family now needs two or three jobs to earn enough to [...]]]></description>
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