30/11 Strikes.

shoes said:
lol public sector workers do make me laugh.

Get a job in a commercial industry where it's cut throat and see for yourself - you have no idea how cushy your inefficient untaxed existence is right now.
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amigafan2003 does work in the private sector if I recall.
 
RDM said:
Possibly my maths is dodgy here but isn't Mrs Jones getting more for her money than Mr Darling? Or is there another variable you aren't mentioning? Because just using those figures Mrs Jones is getting £43.75 per £1 whilst Mr Darling is getting £15.40 per £1.
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But that's irrelevant cos Darling is evil and part of the 1% and getting a better absolute deal and rabble rabble dribble dribble...

This post has been brought to you by the TUC hence the lack of any sort of logic or rationality
 
shoes said:
lol public sector workers do make me laugh.

Get a job in a commercial industry where it's cut throat and see for yourself - you have no idea how cushy your inefficient untaxed existence is right now.
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simple. get a job in the public sector then, there's loads advertised. why don't you do this?
 
shoes said:
lol public sector workers do make me laugh.

Get a job in a commercial industry where it's cut throat and see for yourself - you have no idea how cushy your inefficient untaxed existence is right now.
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I wish I didn't get taxed on my pay :(
 
RDM said:
amigafan2003 does work in the private sector if I recall.
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I thought that was Scroza who was a union representative in private sector or am i confusing them ?

Either way I strill don't get this comment

Shoes said:
you have no idea how cushy your inefficient untaxed existence is right now.
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how do public sector workers not pay tax again ?

I work in private sector and even i can see that you just had a mindless rant there
 
What I don't get is, surely the Cons[ervatives] saw this coming from miles away, and yet every time they have any degree of power, you have them sitting on some table banging their fists and saying "No! THIS is how it should be" to the tax payer.

The Strike is symbolic as far as I am concerned, and I doubt the Cons are in a state of panic about it. However, livelihoods and future plans are at stake, so what else did they expect?

EDIT: If nothing else, think of how many votes they are going to churn just from this.
 
Random Guy said:
What I don't get is, surely the Cons[ervatives] saw this coming from miles away, and yet every time they have any degree of power, you have them sitting on some table banging their fists and saying "No! THIS is how it should be" to the tax payer.

The Strike is symbolic as far as I am concerned, and I doubt the Cons are in a state of panic about it. However, livelihoods and future plans are at stake, so what else did they expect?

EDIT: If nothing else, think of how many votes they are going to churn just from this.
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The conservatives are a smash and grab government, they are to our society what the looters were to our city centres a few months back. Opportunist theives and nothing else. Trying to bully union leaders by saying that if they strike the government will take away the pensions deal. They have bult a social mentality of jealousy, deciet and a race to the bottom.

They weren't elected
They haven't a hope in hell's chance of being re-elected
 
Hi Glaucus,

Read the book The Great Pensions Robbery, its all in there about Alaister Darling, thats all i can say... the book is also very useful as it actually gives how Pensions have been swindled by Politicians to provoke maximum returns on their Pension investment... you may remember John Major introducing a Ministerial Pension for former cabinet members?

After Thatchers severence of the income linked pensions, Gordon Brown started the next future issue with Pensions and used it to fund his manifesto pledges without breaking an election promise in 97 to raise taxes. Its a very interesting book and seriously highlights the injustice. So while Thatchers policies affected the old immediately, and the futures of the Pension provisions, Browns policy increased the leverage needed to maintain the pensions into dangerous waters... some of the book argues that because of Browns actions (and now as we have learned from BBC news today Osbournes actions)... will threaten the future requirements for us to actually repay these pensions to keep them maintained. Osbourne by borrowing more has therefore broken the barrier in my opinion.

Having said this, i'm someone who was against some of the cuts and how they fall.
 
oulton said:
The conservatives are a smash and grab government, they are to our society what the looters were to our city centres a few months back
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That doesn't really make sense. Surely the Conservatives are a 'reform and do it over a long period of time' party, which is why they keep being given long terms and more often than not leave the country in better shape than when they took it on?

If any party is the epitome of smash and grab, it is the Labour party.

They weren't elected
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We had an election in May 2010, you may have forgotten about it.

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They haven't a hope in hell's chance of being re-elected
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History indicates that they stand a very good chance.
 
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Dolph said:
They don't increase the tax take, as their income comes from tax already paid...
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I am sorry to be pedantic because I do know what you are getting at, but public employees do increase the tax take and are in fact tax productive.

I am stabbing in the dark by guessing you're under the false impression that the government operates direct tax and spend renumeration. That's not the case, it is credit based. So, without the jobs the government wouldn't have the tax monies to pay for them (perversely, I know).. if you see what I mean.
 
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