economic crunch?

I would like to comment on how wasteful I find Singapore is. There was a NDP rehearsal which took place over Saturday and I witnessed the fireworks going off up in the sky. Fireworks do not come cheap and I felt it was a waste setting them off on a rehearsal! Talk about tightening our belts and giving more to the needy. If we could simply save more on these fireworks, I’m quite sure there’ll be more funds that can be channeled to back to Singaporeans for aid. Afterall, the funds used to purchase these fireworks come from taxpayers. I am not against fireworks on the ACTUAL national day, but on rehearsals? I find it an Utter Waste.