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 Extensive Welfare System? 

Presently, Singapore can be politically analysed as a democratic socialist country and has an extensive welfare system, although de facto it has a dominant-party system. 

We have an extensive welfare system? I know we have no unemployment monetary benefits, no disability monetary benefits, no eldery monetary benefits. (monetary benefits = receiving money from the govt like unemployment claims in developed countries like Australia and the USA)

Wasn't there cases back then where poor families who couldn't scrap up enough money to pay for water and electricity bills were featured on the news, and our govt made a statement like ""PUB (public utility board) not running a charity""? *PUB = govt linked monopoly on all public utilities in singapore. They are the only water and electricity provider in the country.

Don't worry, I'm not looking for a flame war nor am I a ""govt lackey"" lol. I just want to make this wiki entry as accurate as possible. I think it is pretty good that we do not face wars, terror attacks, famine or natural disasters in Singapore. Though crime rate is considerably high (my low is at zero P), its much harder to get killed or raped here than say in the States.

Anyone with knowledge and verifiable sources regarding our ""extensive welfare system"" please enlightened."