300,000 jobs in public sector face the axe

JasonLVC

marklv wrote: »

We are NOT broke.

The same phrase was repeated by the Greek government on a regular basis........until they conceeded they actually WERE broke.

It depends what is meant by the phrase "Broke".

Broke as in bankrupt, then we're probably not.

Broke as in spending exceeds income, then yes.

Broke as in financial markets swirling like vultures and the IMF ready to tell us how to do things......possibly.

Governments always run a deficit and borrow the rest, whether its WW2 or post-war regeneration, but there always has to be a plan to actually pay it back, something that Greece forgot about and something lacking in all the parties pre-election manifesto's.

marklv

bryanb wrote: »

"Large conscript armed forces" were simply a place to hide large numbers of unemployed, in exchange for a few shillings a day, a bed and rations.

Well, maybe this is the answer to the multitudes of idle 16-25 year olds - why not?

bendix

marklv wrote: »

The military have been mollycoddled for far too long. This is the one part of the public sector that has been immune from the usual cutbacks - it's time this changed.

Your cynicism and self-interest is a sight to behold mark. Cut the military (which I agree with, by the way), so long as your civil service job is protected, huh?

I for one welcome 300,000 public sector jobs being cut. The waste is a national disgrace, as is the number of non-jobs.

Those who say all these people will then go on the dole are wrong - most will find new ways to earn a living in the private sector. That is exactly what happened when Ruth Richardson did a similar thing in New Zealand in the early 1990s.

In my area, the public sector are currently searching to recruit 4 Breast Feeding Coordinators at a salary of £35-£40k each. I see the Forestry Commission is looking to pay someone £52k for a Tree Liaison manager.

I mean, seriously - !!!!!! is this all about?

lynzpower

Where are these jobs, Id love to be a tree liasion manager.

bendix

lynzpower wrote: »

Where are these jobs, Id love to be a tree liasion manager.

Forestry Commission - Im sure if you check their website, you'll find it.

bryanb

marklv wrote: »

Well, maybe this is the answer to the multitudes of idle 16-25 year olds - why not?

The armed forces of today are high tech, very advanced compared to the days of conscripted "Cannon fodder." Quite simply, the forces don't want the layabouts.

LizEstelle

A._Badger wrote: »

I don't have a 'great man'. It is a testament to the limitations in your thinking that you assume anyone who doesn't cherish the persistently failing dogma of socialism must be a Tory.

The long and short of it is your remedy doesn't work. Every time it has been tried, it has failed and, most often, led to societal misery of untold proportions.

And you don't need to worship at the altar of Margaret Thatcher to know that.

Pray tell me where socialism has ever been tried?

LizEstelle

By the way, can anyone tell me what the knock on effects in the supplies and services sector will be of 300,000 public servants being sacked...?

Ideally, I'd like a Lib Dem voter to tell me...

Old_Slaphead

LizEstelle wrote: »

By the way, can anyone tell me what the knock on effects in the supplies and services sector will be of 300,000 public servants being sacked...?

Ideally, I'd like a Lib Dem voter to tell me...

More money available for "real" job creation ?

Helping save the rainforests ?

Kohoutek

LizEstelle wrote: »

Pray tell me where socialism has ever been tried?

Have you ever heard of the Soviet Union? :eek: