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Re:America vs. Singapore: You Can't Save Your Way Out of Eco... by eru on Thursday February 19, 2026 @07:22PM (#47081900)
> The main goal of the government is to maximize the absolute number of people working.

Why? What? You know, they have to win elections?

They recently tightened migrant worker visas quite a lot.

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Re:America vs. Singapore: You Can't Save Your Way Out of Eco... by JamisonM on Thursday February 19, 2026 @09:15PM (#47082834)
The Singaporean government is responsive to public opinion to some degree, but it is so they can maintain their current status of not having to worry about winning elections.
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Re:America vs. Singapore: You Can't Save Your Way Out of Eco... by exidy on Thursday February 19, 2026 @09:35PM (#47082957)
The non-resident population of Singapore (which is a reasonable proxy for migrant worker population) is at the highest it's ever been, as is the total population.[0][1]

[0] https://www.singstat.gov.sg/publications/reference/singapore...

[1] https://www.mom.gov.sg/foreign-workforce-numbers

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