Crunch time for council workers’ golden pensions

The_White_Horse

wxmlad wrote: »

TBH it is not the great job people think, as mentioned before to get a 'gold plated pension' you have to be right at the top, my pension isnt going to be anything to shout from the roof tops about.

yes, it may not be much but it is a hell of lot more than it would be for someone earning your salary in the private sector.

movingforward2010

The_White_Horse wrote: »

yes, it may not be much but it is a hell of lot more than it would be for someone earning your salary in the private sector.

everyone has a choice dont they

at this moment in time what would you like me to do?

The_White_Horse

wxmlad wrote: »

everyone has a choice dont they

at this moment in time what would you like me to do?

resign and find a job in the private sector.

movingforward2010

The_White_Horse wrote: »

resign and find a job in the private sector.

doesnt seem to be to many around at the moment with unemployment so high. If I done this tomorrow, next week there would be someone else taking my place..

SuzieSue

wxmlad wrote: »

everyone has a choice dont they

at this moment in time what would you like me to do?

And that is what this thread is all about. If this inequality in pensions continues, people will leave the private sector because they have a choice (just like my sister did 15 years ago) and the private sector will dwindle and then there will be even less money to pay for public services and we will be in an even worse postion than we are in at the moment (if that is possible). Without a profit generating private sector, there is no money to pay for a public sector.

movingforward2010

SuzieSue wrote: »

And that is what this thread is all about. If this inequality in pensions continues, people will leave the private sector because they have a choice (just like my sister did 15 years ago) and the private sector will dwindle and then there will be even less money to pay for public services and we will be in an even worse postion that we are in at the moment (if that is possible). Without a profit generating private sector, there is no money to pay for a public sector.

once i finish my degree i will be leaving, but i wont be joining the hate campaign

SuzieSue

wxmlad wrote: »

once i finish my degree i will be leaving, but i wont be joining the hate campaign

If I have said anything hateful, I apologise, but I cannot see that I have.

movingforward2010

SuzieSue wrote: »

If I have said anything hateful, I apologise, but I cannot see that I have.

sorry not you

lemonjelly

bendix wrote: »

Really? I must have missed them. Instead I've seen a lot of whining about how poorly paid people are in the public sector by those very same people who are in those jobs and who have complete freedom to get out of those jobs if they had the will and - here's the crux - the gumption to do so.

But it's better to be a victim and complain, isn it, rather than taking steps to improve it? It's more in tune with modern Britain.

Don't think in either of the threads you can find evidence of me whining, moaning, complaining or anything like. Debating points yes. Whining no.

And I would argue (again:rolleyes:) that points have been made that those with the more right wing/capitalist views have not answered, because the points made don't fit in to their agenda.

In example:

Not to mention tax breaks and incentives, government subsidies for businesses, grants to take on apprentices....

The private sector is a considerable drain on public finances.

PS still wanna marry me?;)

Quote:
Originally Posted by izzybusy23
Watch out lemonjelly... you have a post stalker! :cool:


Not a suprise - he proposed marriage to me a short time ago


Quote:

Originally Posted by bendix
I've been waiting for a woman like you all my life, lemonjelly. Can we get married?
Proof is here http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...=#post23333077 (post 34)

The_White_Horse

SuzieSue wrote: »

Without a profit generating private sector, there is no money to pay for a public sector.

This is what they cannot understand. It is beyond their comprehension that some people MAKE money rather than WASTE money.