Wd40 wrote:Sometimes I wonder, whether the true meaning of PR holds valid for a tiny city state like Singapore. The OP is a perfect example of how hard it is to find a job here, when you lose one, compared to say a larger country with several cities.
Add to that, the fact that once you lose your job, there is no jobless benefits or any kind of social security so I wonder, when a PR loses his job and hence quits the country is it abuse or not.
It is not that complicated; different systems work in different ways, I'd expect a PR to know how the system works before signing in.
In a low tax country (Singapore): individuals are supposed to try to take care of themselves and save for the rainy day. aka manage your own risk and decide how much to save for the rainy day and how much to spend.
In a high tax country (most of western Europe): government takes care of you if you lose your job, (well its paid by someone else but government policies anyway).
Good things about low tax system is that it motivates (forces) people to take any job, even if it's not a dream job. (or do you really think all the Singaporeans driving taxis are in their dream job).
Bad thing is that Singapore system assumes that people are able to plan for themselves, which obviously is not the case, (worst ones are people who even complain about the CPF payments (how government is stealing their money) but at next sentence say that government should take better care of old and unemployed.