Budget 2022: A fiscal plan for social health
In laying out the government's economic plans, the Budget must also nurture and develop Singaporean solidarity and values.
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IN PLUCKING the right chords, Finance Minister Lawrence Wong's maiden Budget Statement last Friday (Feb 18) did not disappoint. There is much to commend in the Budget, which Wong escribed as "a first step in renewing and strengthening our social compact for a post-pandemic world" for a "fairer, more sustainable, and more inclusive society".
While the expansionary Budget apparently has less focus on the pandemic, it arguably has everything to do with the pandemic.
The pandemic has shown starkly the inequalities in Singapore society and laid bare the strengths and weaknesses in our society and governance.
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