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Thursday, April 07, 2016

Support for young and old alike

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some useful local eg from the recent budget catering t both the young and the old....
For the comparison qn below, note two approaches:
1) can agree to BOTH A & B, instead of having to choose one over the other
2) can also reject both and go into a C. but since there is no meaningful C to come up with for this qn, u can just reject both by going into the reservations of having too much help for both:

But even as state support increases, Singaporeans should hold on to their spirit of self-reliance, he said.
"We must be cautious that Silver Support does not undermine values such as filial piety, or lead to a divisive mentality among citizens."


Qn:   When a government’s finances for social welfare are limited, should they be directed towards the young or the old? (Cam. 2015)