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    Quote Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat View Post
    In general, every country the costs and quality of civil servants it deserves.

    For example, tax payers too shortsighted to pay for the public services they request? Simple, decrease wages for civil servants, and increase their pensions. This means the true costs of employment are for future generations.
    This is why in many countries wages in the public sector are lower, and pensions are higher, than in the private sector.


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    As to the UK in particular.
    I think the public sector is much too small. Privatisation in the past two decades has ruined services. Trains, electricity, waste management - upon privatization, costs increased and service decreased.
    http://www.tni.org/article/privatisation-failures-uk



    The UK currently employs 25% less civil servants than it did under Thatcher.

    There are also less CS's now than there were when Labour took over form the Cons in 1997.

    This despite the means to cut employment by the Conservatives having consisted mainly of privatization. (Or, of selling off the crown jewels). Whereas Labour incorporated HMCS into the crown - which added a whopping 17% extra CS's, but still managed to decrease the total number of CS's through increased efficiency.

    http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/about...ics/index.aspx#

    Cursed Labour and their expansive government.
    your objections are somewhat misplaced, in that it is the size of the public sector that is objected to, rather than the civil service itself.
    Quote Originally Posted by Beskar View Post
    She was one of the worst. Only good thing she probably did was organise the rebate from the EU.

    Shutting down all the coal mines, including the profitable ones - Bad Idea.
    Stripping Britain of all her assets to fund a mismanaged economy - Really Really Bad Idea.
    Poll tax - Really Bad Idea.
    and it continues.
    that is a matter of opinion and perspective.
    Last edited by Furunculus; 12-09-2009 at 18:21.
    Furunculus Maneuver: Adopt a highly logical position on a controversial subject where you cannot disagree with the merits of the proposal, only disagree with an opinion based on fundamental values. - Beskar

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