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What a difference a year makes
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"What a difference a year makes" is probably most clearly shown in the economy of Japan.
Abenomics has certainly shown quick results, but the worry has to be that it cannot continue at this pace, and the let down may have wide ranging effects.'In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are Consequences.'0 -
Employment at record highs with unemployment falling fast despite big cuts to public sector employment (I think at least - happy to be corrected).
I wonder how much of that fall off in public sector employment has been taken up by (outsourced) part time private sector workers (two people doing one job avoiding NI contributions or "apprentices") actually still paid for by the tax payer?"If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
grizzly1911 wrote: »I wonder how much of that fall off in public sector employment has been taken up by (outsourced) part time private sector workers (two people doing one job avoiding NI contributions or "apprentices") actually still paid for by the tax payer?
It's the wrong kind of jobs, Gromit!0 -
It's the wrong kind of jobs, Gromit!
Public sector jobs being outsourced are still counted as puiblic sector jobs then?."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0
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