Though there is no empirical support for the reasons posited by Lim, the 2002 World Values Survey (WVS) confirms that a majority of Singapore’s respondents (55%) thought that Singapore should be a society where taxes are low and individuals take responsibility of themselves. Only about 25% felt that the state should provide extensive social welfare and collect high taxes. Significantly, this finding lends credibility to assertions made by political leaders, such as the Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, that Singaporeans would “not be willing to pay taxes that Scandinavians pay”