RA's Classes 2010

Where there is smoke, there must be fire. As President Obama noted in his State of the Union address to the American people in the wake of the Massachusetts loss, the people on the ground mistrust the way the Federal government is being run. If there are unjustified online attacks on foreigners, perhaps it is time that the PAP looked inwards and fundamentally addressed the question ordinary Singaporeans are asking about the value of their citizenship, when foreigners are driving down wages at the lower end of the spectrum, and replacing them in their jobs in the middle-tiers. When there are justified questions raised about potential opportunists like Mr Sear, the government needs to seize this opportunity to re-evaluate the dynamic between the ruling party and the grassroots from which it claims its legitimacy.