§1.4What Each of Us Gets
A plan this ambitious survives politically only if every constituency can see itself winning. This one is built so they can – honestly.
| Constituency | What they get | What it costs them |
|---|---|---|
| The makan-goer | The food survives; quality is guarded by masters, not cameras; targeted Makan Vouchers absorb price movement for households that need help. | Prices at certified stalls move with quality – cushioned, for those who need it, by the voucher. |
| The hawker | Insurance – first. Then fair banded rent, actual days off and an hour a day, cheaper ingredients, power and delivery bargained for together in Buying Circles of their own, a paid Fellowship, and a funded retirement paid by the business they built. | Nothing is compulsory. Participation is opt-in at every layer. |
| The hawker's children | A 90-day right of first refusal on the stall, a 2.5% royalty on the family name for ten years, and the complete private archive of their parent's craft. | Nothing. |
| The young cook | A paid apprenticeship, then a real stall by ballot, financed equipment, a top-up to their income for 24 months, and a mentor two stalls down. | Eighteen months of hard training and a mortgage paid to the master who earned it. |
| Government | A UNESCO stewardship story with numbers behind it; cost-of-living help through vouchers it already runs; seniors' dignity, visibly delivered; and a programme it starts with a first gift but need not run, which must pass clear tests to grow and winds itself up if it fails, with a Government director holding the board's tie-breaking vote, every use of it published. | The decisions in §7.7: most administrative, no new statute. · Five Budget costs, each named there: the endowment's first gift and matching pool (once); a small operating match; the Makan Vouchers (yearly); a table-cleaning fee subsidy of $200 a stall a month at the pilot centres; and the tax given up on gifts. · Optional, for later: a retirement match for stallholders under 55; from 55, help to claim the scheme that exists. |
| Centre & coffeeshop landlords | Footfall from certified heritage anchors, Corps services for their tenants, public recognition – all voluntary. | Hosting a heritage stall at a banded rent, if – and only if – they choose to. |
| Donors & corporates | A matched, named, audited national endowment; the rare gift that compounds into culture. | The gift – matched dollar for dollar by the state until the $10M matching pool is used. |