Tory council leader believes ‘basic salary’ is 80k

lvader

globalds wrote: »

I think you will find "The government " has no money ..It always spends someone else's money.

So who did the BOE let use it's printing press ?
Was it Labour or Alliance ? I am not sure what point your making ?

Not making a point, just stating the obvious. The Government (Labour at the time) would have run out of money and the normal mechanism for borrowing more (issuing of Gilts) wouldn't have worked because the deficit was too large. QE was absolutely necessary and the correct thing to do. But it was effectively a bailout, the only real negative, which people blamed the BoE and the current government for was high inflation for a few years due to currency devaluation.

globalds

lvader wrote: »

Not making a point, just stating the obvious. The Government (Labour at the time) would have run out of money and the normal mechanism for borrowing more (issuing of Gilts) wouldn't have worked because the deficit was too large. QE was absolutely necessary and the correct thing to do. But it was effectively a bailout, the only real negative, which people blamed the BoE and the current government for was high inflation for a few years due to currency devaluation.

Lets hope your right about the only real negative being a bit of high inflation for a few years.

Sounds like a miracle cure.

Loughton_Monkey

cepheus wrote: »

simply get a job where you use a lot of jargon-ridden management drivel such as:

1. Going forward
2. Drill-down
3. End of play
4. Touch base
5. It's on my radar
6. No brainer
7. Best of breed
8. Low hanging fruit
9. Reach out
10. Dive deeper
11. Think outside the box
12. Positive momentum
13. On my plate
14. At the end of the day
15. Run the numbers
16. Touch points
17. Keep your eye on the ball
18. Back to the drawing board
19. Get the ball rolling
20. Bang for your buck
21. Close the deal
22. When the rubber hits the road
23. Shift paradigm
24. Move the needle
25. Game-changing
26. Move the goal post
27. Value added
28. Win-win
29. Across the piece
30. All hands on deck

I can see that you are empowered by matrix management and work with a Corporate Culture that engages with delivery systems at the right granularity. I think we should pro-actively sit down at the table and explore all available synergies....

CKhalvashi

lvader wrote: »

I guess simple comprehension of economics is out of your grasp.

Simple economics is that you don't give £billions in guarantees, in exchange for a) an asset which there is go guarantee of the value going up, and b) when you are not cautious about who is using these.

Simple economics is also not selling off assets that the public own, at half of their face value. Not only has the government done this, but it is also thinking about doing this, instead of selling one and nationalising the one that it has the larger shareholding in.

grizzly1911

Loughton_Monkey wrote: »

I can see that you are empowered by matrix management and work with a Corporate Culture that engages with delivery systems at the right granularity. I think we should pro-actively sit down at the table and explore all available synergies....

Have you been on that website again? Not the one that affects your eyesight.

ukcarper

MrsE wrote: »

In London, the south east & the home counties 3 x the average wage wont buy anything more than a garage, it may (may) stretch to a mobile home in some areas.
Thats the most populated part of the uk.
So singletons will struggle to house themselves in any sized accommodation.

Plus 3 x the average wage is out of reach to many vital services in these areas, bin collectors, road sweepers, hospital cleaners & catering staff, school playgroup supervisors & school dinner ladies, bus drivers, post officer workers, all of these are vital services, but even as a couple getting on the property ladder will be out of their reach in lots of these areas.

I'm not sure 3x average earnings has ever been enough in London in the South East.

lvader

CKhalvashi wrote: »

Simple economics is that you don't give £billions in guarantees, in exchange for a) an asset which there is go guarantee of the value going up, and b) when you are not cautious about who is using these.

Simple economics is also not selling off assets that the public own, at half of their face value. Not only has the government done this, but it is also thinking about doing this, instead of selling one and nationalising the one that it has the larger shareholding in.

The first one has already worked in getting the housing market up and running again. The second got a big liability off the books and was extremely generous to it's employees.

cepheus

Governments always have money because they can print it! What they can't prevent is their currency devaluing when they do this.

Money is merely a means of exchange for useful things. The source of all true value is human labour.

gazter

cepheus wrote: »

The point is this councillor and anyone else who believes that salary is average by any definition (whether Westminster, London or UK) is completely unfit for attaining a level or responsibility in local Government, and should immediately resign. It also shows more generic problems with voting in a group of elitists, they won't take sensible decisions for society as a whole.

Medians are often used for salary assessments of a population since a few exceptionally high salaries can skew the average. Means overestimate salaries for the typical person which is the context of the quote.

However Westminister consistently received the highest ratings in performance, in both CCA and CPA.

It sounds to me like they are perfectly suited and its other councils who should be taking lessons.

John_Pierpoint

http://www.purplemath.com/modules/meanmode.htm

Can I put in a word for the bank of mum and dad ?

For some time there has been a cleansing operation, designed to clear the economically inactive from central London and free up accommodation for workers.