We are not one with these people, like they will want us to believe. What keeps them and their kin up at night is nowhere near what concerns the rest of us.
As higher taxes are demanded, we can only dial up our interest and scrutiny of where they go, commensurate with the pinch that we feel.
Trying to rationalise such preferences for risk misses the point. The answer is in providing a choice. These folks are driven by the survival instinct and staying alive is what matters at that point.
Unfortunately, what one studies in university and the career they eventually pursue is often mutually exclusive. One does not necessarily lead to the other and neither are they related.
Irrespective of the high-level whining about some of them not having full visibility and control of their dockets, no heads have ever rolled. This must say something.
We cannot even voice our frustrations and whine about the pinch that we are feeling at the fuel pump, at the risk of being reminded to drill our own oil wells if we cannot stomach the situation.
Of course, capitalists do not give a hoot if the photo is scandalous, triggers a crisis or even complicates relationships. As long as the establishment’s private objectives are met.
Obviously, all these laws and policies might be well-meaning. The bigger challenge, however, is in getting them to deliver all these lofty ideals that they are said to be aimed at.
These are the same individuals who were against protests online and chose to vote in support of the punitive tax measures, in full knowledge of the public mood and likely consequences.
Rather than stepping up our preparedness to ensure that all stops were pulled to keep everyone safe, we chose the easier path of casting doubts on the scientists’ forecasts.
The unfortunate point is that by not tightening quality control for the learners’ single most important event is the same as toying with their futures.
The only way we will be able to move this nation forward is by improving our attention span on things that matter so that those who lead us can begin caring about their track record and legacies.
Surely, our country needs to act its age. We need to quickly get our act together and move forward, otherwise we will remain stuck in this phase of delayed maturity.
Widespread lack of sleep is the silent catastrophe that has struck many parts of the country. Many are being kept awake, either figuring out where the next meal will come from.
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