Public Sector Unaccountability Vs Private Sector Criminality

golden lane

Odysseus wrote: »

We would still have people saying all the staff are overpaid:rolleyes:

well, if they are.....then they should not be.....

a national service....not a nationalised one....there can still be a private section for peoples choice....

wages in any country should reflect the wealth creating sector.......

BornToKill

Does anyone else get a feeling of deja vu all over again reading this thread? Hasn't this been done to death? I think everything has been said at this stage. We need some action - at least a few jailings after four years now of investigations. I can't imagine what's going on to cause such delays. We're told it's all 'complicated' but investigations are starting to look like they could become the new tribunals. Wait 10 years for nothing very much.

Odysseus

BornToKill wrote: »

Does anyone else get a feeling of deja vu all over again reading this thread? Hasn't this been done to death? I think everything has been said at this stage. We need some action - at least a few jailings after four years now of investigations. I can't imagine what's going on to cause such delays. We're told it's all 'complicated' but investigations are starting to look like they could become the new tribunals. Wait 10 years for nothing very much.

I agree, I just got sucked into this one. As I stated in a post above a document landed on my desk today about further cuts. It won't effect my wage as I don't get paid overtime, but people on low wages who get paid overtime are in for a lot of pain.

The cutbacks include a lot of changes in work practices which may save money, but it will really be a much poorer service being supplied. However, even those who will lose money are more angry over the effects these cutbacks will have on the quality of the service we provide.

toexpress

Pedant wrote: »

Public Sector Unaccountability: Union beards, leeching off the system, fat yolks behind the counter coming in late and taking the afternoon off, wasting tax payer money, sitting on your hole all day doing nothing.

Private Sector Criminality: Casinos, flash cars, guns, cocaine, pimps 'n' bitches.

Choose wisely.

Yes but the former comes with a nice big pension, the latter with failed entrance mat and tea business'

Bullseye1

There was criminality in the public sector also or have you forgotten about the planning tribunal? Criminality is not restricted to the private sector.

Doc Ruby

true wrote: »

so if people cannot afford to see you privately, why not bring down down your charges and stop gloating about all the money you earn?

You'd swear it was a crime to make a living using your hard earned skills that people pay you of their own free will for. Its like I was reading some fella on another forum holding forth about how JK Rowling's earnings should be capped, as she has more than you could spend in a hundred lifetimes.

More power to her I say, nobody forced anyone to buy her books, she brought pleasure to millions and they freely decided to compensate her.

SafeSurfer

BornToKill wrote: »

Does anyone else get a feeling of deja vu all over again reading this thread? Hasn't this been done to death? I think everything has been said at this stage. We need some action - at least a few jailings after four years now of investigations. I can't imagine what's going on to cause such delays. We're told it's all 'complicated' but investigations are starting to look like they could become the new tribunals. Wait 10 years for nothing very much.

What seems to be emerging on the grapevine is that the defence offered by the Anglo bankers for one will be that they acted with the full knowledge and support of not just the regulator but the central bank and the department of finance. The scheme to prop up the Anglo share price by lending money to a golden circle to purchase Anglo shares was hatched not in Anglo HQ but in government buildings. If this turns out to be the case it will be an almighty mess, possibly exposing the taxpayer to further pain. The untimely death of one of the the main players in these events further complicates matters.

Pedant

toexpress wrote: »

Yes but the former comes with a nice big pension, the latter with failed entrance mat and tea business'

Public Sector: Stare at a blank wall all day. Get pension and do the same at home or in a nursing home.

Private Sector: Live like a film star. Die young. In the private sector you can cut your losses.