It is not a funding problem. It is a Leeching problem by private companies.
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I don’t think that’s true at all, I agree with Zefan.
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Firstly not true. The state has been cut to the bone since Cameron. Secondly this government wants to transfer as much public money into private hands as it can which feeds into my point about the erosion of the cannibalised middle class. Money used to service poison pill PFI deals is like the restaurant restock scene from Goodfellas. They are simultaneously against state ownership in favour of "a free market" while allowing big interests to corner, monopolise and exploit.
By all means judge the state of services as you experience them but be wise to the fact this government design is to run down and sell off all public services and keep that gravy train going.
S106 was a hidden con, stealing from the public. Affordable housing is a biggest con we might ever witness, It stealing from tax payers. S106 has so many issues and benefits landowners.
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More than ever, in real terms?
Govt spending has increased in real terms, but without getting into the detail of where, how much and what is meant by 'public services', its a bit of a vague statement.
Ie: if a lot of that rise is down to the increase in pensioners and people on sick/disability, and the NHS got a budget rise but at the expense of cutting services like sure start, social care etc
I had one too many beers last night and completely misread that. I actually disagree with what I suspect was the intended point.
*facepalm at self*
But anyway, it’s a bit off topic.
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Interesting reading from the resolution foundation:
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The Mortgage Crunch • Resolution Foundation
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I think what he meant was that people asking for pay rises feeds/perpetuates inflation, rather than causes it.
Anyway yes, most of the time pay rises are requested as a result of inflation, however thats not always simply the case, the unions in my place always seem to think if we are making more money they should get an even larger pay rise.
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You have to be very careful in categorising people as un/non productive.
Its a bit of a culture war, but many classified as un/non productive are stimulating demand (eg rich retired early)
Most of the people (like some of our government) having a go at un/non productive people are again trying to go look over there, un/non productive people thats why we are up **** creek!
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True, some have their gold plated pensions and they spend plenty.
I take it you mean unemployed and some of those that work for the council and some that work. For government?
If you just refer to the unemployed then that's fiscal policy that stopping people from working.
It would be interesting what would happen if suddenly all the non/un-productive people who can work suddenly started working and contributing to the economy.
There’s certainly no lack of jobs as I see adverts for staff wanted every day in windows of places such as cafes, bars, restaurants and other services.
Im sure it wouldn’t end up a bad thing for the economy.
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Thats really failing to grasp supply and demand.
Many of those people are probably doing more for the economy by spending and hence driving economic activity than they would be if forced back into work.
Sure there will be people who could be in work, lets force relocate some? but its a far more difficult problem than simply saying get everyone into work.
You would probably have more effect my making those jobs attractive than trying to demonise the un/non productive.
If only we had a pool of people able to use the advantages of disparities in countrys economies to come and do work that's inherently low paid in our country but comparatively well paid to them. And if they could just freely come and go as the work or their requirements dictated, that would be a great solution.
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I’d be interested to hear what you specifically mean by “productive” here.
So they spend the welfare they receive indirectly from tax payers, which drives economy and forces inflation and interest rates to rise.
How is that a good thing?
Im not talking about forcing them to work, im saying if everyone who could wanted to work what would happen to the economy. They would work, save a bit and spend more than they had before.