So, in the wake of the *non-existent austerity, we are being told that public sector pay needs to rise.
Pay review bodies’ recommendations for public sector jobs should be respected by ministers, Michael Gove has said.
The environment secretary said that while ministers needed to reduce the deficit, they should also respect the “integrity” of the pay review process.
Private sector pay has also suffered since 2008. So why should the public sector be any different? My income has declined dramatically in that time, despite being just as busy. It’s the market and my income is dictated by what people will pay. So be it. I repeat, why should the public sector be any different? Besides, who will pay for this? Oh, yeah, I will. As usual.
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*Austerity means cutting one’s cloth to suit income. It means living within one’s means. It does not mean reducing the rate of borrowing a bit while still allowing that borrowing to increase and pissing money away on wanton, wasteful crap we don’t need and don’t want. We have not had austerity. My parents lived though austerity during the fifties. What we have witnessed this past few years is nothing like austerity.
No, you won’t have to pay. We’ll make all the fat cat corporations pay more tax and we’ll shake the magic money tree.
Oh sorry, I forgot, the election’s over, we don’t need to lie to you for another four and a half years. Of course you’ll pay, why would you think anything else?
The sad thing is the government had a chance to reign in public spending properly. There was a brief window when they could have done that and blamed any hardship caused on Gordon Brown.
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The “…no money left” note was a “get out of jail free” card to implement huge cuts, closing of Gov’t dept’s (DFID etc), quangos, gift-aid and more.
Instead they talked tough and did nothing, spending increased. Result: left has Gov’t message “cuts” happening.
Incompetent idiots.
“Michael Gove has said” – what? Was he drunk? Drugged? Held at gunpoint? Sarah Vine had a PMT hissy fit?
Mr Gove, majority of voters voted for complete 100% Brexit and reducing Gov’t expenditure not for Corbyn. You won – start by believing that fact, then respect and implement it.
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I’ve been saying since 2010 – austerity means reducing expenditure not increasing it.
Idiot Osborne announcing “austerity” necessary, then not implementing it meant the sadistic fool created a rod to beat himself and party with.
It ranks with May’s “…we’re the nasty party…” as one of the most suicidal statements by a Conservative MP about Conservative party.