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车资检讨后,怎一个“涨”字,说不出口.

如果你只是阅读主流媒体,你看不到一个“涨”字,这个涨字是行动党政府一个沉重的压力,实在是让行动党有口难言,涨字要这么说呢!要怎么解读呢?

过去几天,你看到的报道是车资检讨后,有一百万人,甚至一百七十万人获益。那么其他三百万,四百万人又如何?

车资上涨对行动党来说,真的是压力很大,大到主流媒体不能做出分析,只能选择对政府有利的建议来报道。其他的能够避开就避开。这样的媒体难怪在世界上的自由媒体排名,一直都在下面,抬不起头来。

面对物价,工资,能源的上涨压力,公共交通服务公司提高生产力的回报,所做出的贡献实在是微不足道的。因此,面对车资上涨不单单是政府的决定,还是人民的决定。因此,行动党不愿提车资上涨,不愿把这个课题交给人民来处理,决定。

这里的不同是:国家资源,包括税收的处理,应该如何公平分配的问题。

如果行动党来处理,就由它来做决定。因此,行动党政府设立车资检讨理事会,来检讨未来五年的车资。这个压力很大,原本一个月前就应该出的报告,延期后才出来,你可以想象行动党的压力有多大。(尤其是人口白皮书后,这又是一个不受人欢迎的课题)

如果由人民来决定,要避免车资上涨,或者是上涨幅度不高,国家的资源税收就很可能做出重新的分配,政府的津贴需要增加,甚至把公共交通服务收归国营。这样的选择权,行动党政府会让人民来做决定吗?

因此,最新的车资检讨报告出来,就意味着车资上涨。这个幅度是多少呢?我们看一下下面这个表:

0.4(主要物价指数)+ 0.4工资指数 + 0.2能源指数 – 0.5%生产力回报

前三个项目的比重高,而且在未来五年,有没有机会下调,下降?基本上说不太可能。即使出现经济不好的局面,物价会下降吗?工资会下降吗?能源价格会下降吗?因此,车资上涨的 可能性远远高于下降。如果真的有一百或一百多万人获益,而车资又上涨的活,那么,不是其他人就要买单和多出车资,不然就是政府要增加津贴。

政府没有明说,下个星期才回答。

政府已经拨款给交通业者,让它们买巴士,让他们有一定的获利。这样才能成为股市的优秀股。这种有稳定收入的公司,在股市具有保值的作用。股票市场需要这类股票。

获利不分,生产力才分?

政府的解释是符合经济效益的。我们需要确保公共交通的素质,效率,因此,没有获利,就不能维持下去,公司倒了,整个新加坡都不好。因此,行动党是基于不让SMRTSBS关门,才出钱津贴他们买巴士的。

或许我们这么想:黑老大对公关小姐说,你到赌场去赌钱,我出本钱,赢了归公关小姐,输了黑老大买单。黑老大要的是小姐的服务和生产力,其他的输赢无所谓。

因此,作为公关小姐的SMRTSBS,当然很乐意,这是一门包赢的生意。赢了钱,黑老大不要,又不用跟其他的人分享。多好!至于服务和生产力,就只有天知道了。

为何车资理事会把生产力纳入车资检讨中,而不把公共交通公司的盈利也考虑在内?这是不是有点像公关小姐。

公共交通服务公司之所以能够有盈利,完全是政府的特许经营权,再加上人民的使用相关的交通。如果没有这两者,他们如何能够获得盈利?

因此,车资报告书的重点是这是一个人人负担得起的车资结构,它考虑到下层人民的需要,他们的负担能力。报告书其实还说,家庭收入增加已经使到负担能力和收入间的距离拉近了。(报告书47页)


是否如此,车资检讨报告书是否会像人口白皮书一样,面临同样的命运,人口,车资,行动党政府还有多少个压力,多少个痛?

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