General Discussion
Yes, Tavener, I know that. Not sure though how that negates the fact that the government, aided and abetted by the right wing press, have been stirring it up about public sector pensions so much so that there are now 'urban myths' about how great they are. I think the low(er) paid public sector employees may well have a completely different experience from that! And the bankers are paying ...
Here's some more from that paper you don't like - but which I think you might nontheless agree with. ".............the government and certain elements of the media seem to have been quite succesful at stirring up resentment towards the recipients of public sector pensions, grossly exaggerating both the average size of such pensions and the cost to the taxpayer (members of the public sector pay ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/cartoon/2011/jul/03/banking-public-sector-pay
If it was so cushy, why did you leave?
@wondering . In your post when you started this thread you said two things that jarred on me when I first read them and are still jarring on me now some few days later - so I'm going to address them. You said: " A strike has never been a gain to anyone". Well, I guess that depends on what you define as being a gain. And whilst I agree that strikes have been lost I wouldn't say that applies to ...
I totally agree about misconceptions - but right now it seems to me that it's the public sector workers that are getting all the stick. Gold plated pensions? Ha! go tell that to a teaching assistant, or a nurse, or most local government employees. Yes, I agree, that there are lots of myths about different types of workers, whether public sector, private sector, voluntary sector or self employed. ...
Please can someone explain why those of us at the lower end of the socio-economic food chain ( and I'll assume that's where we all are) are having this squabble? Surely we have more in common with each other than we have with those on mega buck salaries and pensions. Perhaps they are the people we should be targetting - not the public sector workers who are your next door neighbours, who work ...
Anyone know what the pension and redundancy(ie not re-elected) etc situation is for MPs?
I have no idea whether or not they will follow through with this. All I am relaying is that the Planning Inspector refers to the Barton car--park site as a possibility for a 2/3 storey complex with accompanying car parking underneath or on the top. Paras 11 & 12 of his report are the relevant bits.
http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/Store-giant-misses-site-damage-town-health/story-12819963-detail/story.html
