Which had fallen 10 points from 25% in 1933 and from 37% of non-farm workers.Quote:
Originally Posted by chuck34
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Which had fallen 10 points from 25% in 1933 and from 37% of non-farm workers.Quote:
Originally Posted by chuck34
Perspective is a wonderful thing.
A fair point, but one which rather undermines your claims that profligate waste exists across the public sector. I have no doubt that savings can, and will, be made but the current government's sweeping cuts appear to be driven by ideological zeal rather than an assessment of the services provided and the differing needs of communities across the country.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bolton Midnight
Yes. On a daily basisQuote:
Originally Posted by Bolton Midnight
Just as you cannot make job cuts in the public sector and assume that the private sector will generate vacancies to offset those job losses, and yet that's exactly what this government have promised will happen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bolton Midnight
Yes the Tories don't like waste within the public sector as they appreciate that the man on the street is paying for it; that to me is a good thing not a bad thing. The public sector is now bigger than the private sector which funds it, this is crackers and needs addressing.Quote:
Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1
Services can remain largely unaffected as long as the non essential jobs go, if they hang on through Union strike action etc then frontline services will suffer as a result. Keep the nurse but sack the unneeded managers - easy. Or else they could all take a 25% pay cut and then everyone would be safe even the non jobs.
On a daily basis that you'd rather not comment about, says everything. You deal with them daily yet can not praise them at the same time.
Based on your thinking you'd be quite happy for the unemployed to receive 1k a week? After all they'd spend it rather than save it so it would stimulate the economy - all those fags, burgers, shell suits do the country a power of good - or do you now see the folly in giving hard earned taxpayers money away to the feckless and lazy (dole/public sector - pretty much the same thing in a lot of cases bot aren't needed and need cutting back).
In what way is the public sector bigger? In terms of employment the public sector employs 6.014m, and the private sector employs 23.111m (source)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bolton Midnight
The private sector does not fund the public sector, UK taxpayers do.
I'm happy to praise or criticise the public sector in equal measure because while it does outstanding work it also has its faults. It is no different in that respect to the private sector and I agree that cuts can be made. However, the public sector needs to be defended from (as I said earlier) sweeping cuts that appear to be driven by ideological zeal and which do not take account of the differing needs of communities across the country.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bolton Midnight
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Originally Posted by Bolton Midnight
You really are clueless.
This is a promise...... I will give you £50 if you can find a dealer willing to sell a brand new Fiat 500 1.2 Lounge for £2000 discount. In fact lets make it £100. I am that confident. See matey, not everyone is as ignorant and stupid as you think they are, some of us did the maths on our purchases and bought things which actually had a true £2000 discount ;)
This is a perfect example of how you make blanket statements which make sense in your mind and may make sense for some people. The problem is that you then apply this logic to people for whom it isn't valid.
Some people were had by scrappage it is fair to say, but not I.
Did you watch the documentary by Ch4 I put the link to, sorry clearly not.Quote:
Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1
6m does not include heaps of quangos and other public sector types, the real figure is 8½m.
If I go to a restaurant and the service/food is crap I know not to go there in the future, now how does that work re say income tax can I pay it somewhere else other then HM Tax oh no of course not so they can be as ****e as they like as they know I've no alternative. There's no incentive for them to be good at their job as they will be paid and promoted regardless.
If you are happy for non essential roles to be paid within the public sector then I take it you'd be happy to give twice as much money to the long term unemployed slackers.
UK taxpayers are the private sector as all the public sector folk do is give some of our money back to us when they pay tax & NI, it really is not rocket science.
As ever when in doubt fling insults.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Pre scrappage scheme dealers were giving whopping discounts on all manner of cars not just crappy Fiats.
A lot of folk who got cars under the scrappage scheme were unable to afford the payments (hence why they were previously driving around in old bangers) how can putting folk in debt be a good thing?
Fools who thought they were getting a bargain are just the types who also get themselves into debt.
Can you provide the source for that figure?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bolton Midnight
Whether you will or not the question you were originally asked remains: In what way is the public sector bigger than the private sector?
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Originally Posted by Bolton Midnight
Again, you don't seem to understand. The Fiat 500 was NEVER discounted by anything near £2k due to the fact that there was always an undersupply of them....... The best discount you could get get before scrappage was about £400....
Also, crappy Fiat's? The Panda and the Fiat 500 are some of the best built and most realiable small cars on the road today :laugh:
Fiats are crap, always have been and always will be, you're off your trolley if you think otherwise.
http://www.eruptingmind.com/how-long...your-car-last/
top Fiat is 38th out of 100, wow ubber reliable