I've never really understood...

[graculus]

When the whole tedious public sector v private sector arguments get rolled out again because of something stupid the government has done (this time round it's 'oh, if you live in a cheaper area and work in the public sector, we shouldn't pay you as much as people in the same jobs where it's more expensive to live') and the trolls trot out their tired rhetoric about the bloated and incompetent public sector and their gold-plated pensions etc...

If life is so good in the public sector (oh, if only that were so!), wouldn't everyone want a job in the public sector? Surely it's not because they all think 'oh, I can't live with the ethical dilemma of getting paid a living wage and having reasonable job conditions, I'd much rather get paid crap and treated like shit!'? It always sounds a little like sour grapes to me.

This rant brought to you by the Millionaire's Tory Party and their hangers-on as clearly they're all getting taxed far too much... ;)

Comments

[graculus.livejournal.com]

Don't you understand that to get well-paid people to do more you have to increase the amount of money they get, while nothing incentivises poorly-paid people like a paycut! The laws of supply and demand are only okay if you own a company, while anyone who's an employee and tries to get the most for their experience and expertise is a bloodsucker. Basic Tory economics.

[obelix]

Oh yeah! Don't you love Cons (Tory) economic, it's worked so well in the past...

I believe there is a quote somewhere that says that the definition of insane is to do the same thing over and over again and hope the outcome will be different... They try this again and again and its still not working the way they think it should. They seem to think that if they do it often enough the outcome will change... Not working so far!