Sunday, Jan 24, 2010
Tax take down, consumer spending down
The Times: Public sector faces pay cuts, says Alistair Darling
Alistair Darling, the chancellor, today warns public sector workers they need to follow the example of the private sector and accept wage cuts if they want to hang on to their jobs.
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1. markj69 str05 said...
Bet GB loves this head-line, only months before the GE.
Darling Darling: “What is being paid has sometimes lost the relationship it ought to have with what someone actually does. Once that happens, it’s not only unfair, it’s actually grossly inefficient,”
So bankers wages and bonuses will be cut then?
So Politicians wages and expenses will be cut then? (And clear visibility of existing re-payment of existing 'piss-taking' claims?)
OK, so now maybe our governing body is talking some sense. Too little too late i fear for Labour.
Public sector cuts. Well they may have just loss another very large %age of the voters. And everyone's pissed off with the fact our government have not governed/regulated those industries able to inflict so much damage onto it's people.
Yes we all hate bankres at the moment, and politicians seen to be lining their own pockets. But I think any chance GB had of re-election has just evaporated. Who knows we might just see a last minute change at the labtop - Jack Straw perhaps?
Joe public may be happy with their low mortgage payments at the mo but, they ain't stupid. They know somethings got to give.
I have absolutely no idea which way this is going. Only a fool will predict. Problem is, I have absolutely no idea which way to vote. Guess I still have a few months to decide. Don't trust GB, and really nt sure about Mr Airbrush. Vince Cable talks sense, but the party still doesn't seem to have too much substance.
2. paul said...
This is not really going to work. The public sector is full of very well paid consultants (working for Cap Gemeni, Ernst & Young, Accenture etc) who need to be let go. I think this is already happening though.
3. mr g said...
@1 "Joe public may be happy with their low mortgage payments at the mo but, they ain't stupid. They know somethings got to give."
Joe public doesn't know his or her ar*e from their elbow when it comes to the financial situation, let alone why mortgage payments are low or how higher interest rates will affect them..
Big Brother, XFactor etc are the only things that matter to the average Brit.
4. rumble said...
mark, "Don't trust GB, and really nt sure about Mr Airbrush. Vince Cable talks sense, but the party still doesn't seem to have too much substance."
It's got to be Vince. Time to mix things up a bit, get rid of this tory/labour pendulum. This is the time for experiment - it's already a mess.
5. Orwell said...
Note: There have only been two occasions in history when public expenditure has fallen, in the 1920's and 1979 (so a newspaper article said).
It isn't going to happen..
6. icarus said...
mr g - don't forget the TV quizzes, including:
Q. The war between Israel and Egypt, which began on 5 June 1967 and ended on 10 June 1967, is better known by which name, based on its duration?
A. the 10-year war.
Q. What was Hitler's first name?
A. Heil
7. letsgetreadytotumble said...
"It's got to be Vince." He's an ex Labour MP, and a member of the Fabians. I wouldn't trust him as far as I'd trust the present bunch of Marxists.
8. freemanphil said...
This would be great combined with tax cuts for the common man, because this money, used by private industry would go further, like, if I give £30 to Ryanair I get flown hundreds of miles at hundreds of miles per hour, if I give £30 airport taxes to government I get the humiliation of having my luggage looked at and get cancer from the x-ray machine. Problem is, this money is going straight to the bankers, we won't see a red cent, so we'll only see a drop in services. Time for a Tea Party?
9. mr g said...
I like the quotes Icarus!
10. Crunchy said...
Long overdue in some parts of the public sector (where i don't work). Send in our idel idol Simon Cowell to spot the true talent and kick out anyone that can't sing, dance or afford their own home.
The average Brit.
11. Crunchy said...
7. freemanphil
Would that be a Bolton tea party?