Faith leaders pledge closer ties across religions, promote neighbourliness

Talking about the pledge, our National Pledge explicitly commands us to achieve happiness and prosperity for our nation—so ministerial pay should be pegged directly to citizen happiness and prosperity in accordance with the pledge, instead of the top 1,000 earners.<br><br>The PM keeps talking about strengthening the &quot;bonds of trust and unity&quot; among us, but pegging political salaries to the Top 1000 earners does the exact opposite. It creates an unreasonable &quot;top supreme&quot; financial class even despite falling performance. The base is already the world&#39;s highest, meaning their baseline compensation remains permanently insulated from the public&#39;s real-world unhappiness, seen in rising mental health issues and a crashing TFR.<br><br>Furthermore, hiding behind GDP is a flawed defense. GDP measures total economic spending, not what everyday citizens actually earn or whether they are genuinely happy and prosperous. <br><br>If ministers want to talk about unity, they must end this self-serving insulation. Tie political rewards directly to the actual take-home income and well-being of the ordinary citizens they are supposed to serve.