I asked Medvedev here: "Why are not pens given at important meetings, but only pencils!"
And I received such an answer: "They steal pens, and there are not pencils!"
Alexander Shokhin, a member of the bureau of the supreme council of the party "United Russia"
"I had two choices:
- Steal and bring friends to the Forbes lists, while leaving the people poor.
- Serve your people and bring the country to the top ten countries in the world.
I chose the second one ..
Lee Kuan Y. Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore
I had two choices, but the second one was already chosen by Lee Kuan Yew
Vladimir Putin President of Russia
The first statement is true
The second statement was coined, but things are the same in the country.
The Republic of Singapore is very small, even on a map it is difficult to find. But the GDP of the Republic of Singapore and Russia differs only 4 times! 293 billion dollars against 1.326 trillion USD for 2015. At the same time, the population of this island state is 26 times less than the population of Russia. It says a lot. Further ... Russia is very rich in minerals and a developed country. And Singapore is an island state. There are no minerals and not very developed. But still the gap in wealth between Russia and Singapore is huge! Singapore caught up with Russia and jumped on! This is not at what gate does not climb (absurd)!
That's what prevents our bureaucrats from making our country richer and more developed and then only stealing from a rich country ?!
In this case, it would be us (the people are well), and the government is easier (less excitement)!