My mom and most of my family still live in Singapore although I have immigrated to the States for the last 10 years. I remembered my mom telling me that after the birth of my sister in '82, the nurse in-charge asked if she wants a tubal ligation. My mom declined but decided to stop having a 3rd baby ( possibly due to me and my sister driving her up the wall 24/7 ). I think there are pros and cons to every country not matter how good the system can be. Chewing gum issue: the govt spends hundreds and thousand of dollars in the past cleaning up dried gum left on ground/elevator buttons and just about anything else. So much of the tax payers money are saved. I love both Singapore and America equally!