Public spending cuts

[chris79]

What I want to know is if the private sector suffers and we all lose our jobs, pay cuts, etc..

Does the public sector follow suit to balance the books due to less tax being paid?

[Peoplesoft bloke]

What I want to know is if the private sector suffers and we all lose our jobs, pay cuts, etc..

Does the public sector follow suit to balance the books due to less tax being paid?

No, next.

[chris79]

Cheers, I can sleep better tonight knowing the answer now.

[expat]

What I want to know is if the private sector suffers and we all lose our jobs, pay cuts, etc..

Does the public sector follow suit to balance the books due to less tax being paid?

No. The public sector is not a luxury that you cut back on if you have less money. It is a necessity, that becomes even more necessary in harder times.

[chris79]

I see these jobs for £700 a day 12 month rolling to 'research the effects of working hours on NHS staff' - criteria: Only available to those who have PCT experience (aye aye, wink wink).

Is that those consultants who retired early on full final salary, did a degree at the expense of the tax payer, then get these ridiculous jobs through a certain special handshake?

Why nobody has been jailed yet for squandering public funds is beyond me.

[Crossroads]

What I want to know is if the private sector suffers and we all lose our jobs, pay cuts, etc..

Does the public sector follow suit to balance the books due to less tax being paid?

Yes. Projects being cut left, right and centre at one of my clients. That said, they have been wasting money for years and delivering nothing, so they may as well spend less and deliver nothing!

[VectraMan]

Does the public sector follow suit to balance the books due to less tax being paid?

No, NL will solve the problem by bringing all jobs into the public sector. Comrade.

[AtW]

Does the public sector follow suit to balance the books due to less tax being paid?

Like any monopoly they do 2 things usually:

1) increase prices (taxes in this case)
2) borrow more (to be repaid with increased taxes in the future or devalued by inflation, in any case it will be issue for future administrations)

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Why nobody has been jailed yet for squandering public funds is beyond me.

Because the people who should investigate are also public servants

[expat]

Because the people who should investigate are also public servants

The Haringey Option: investigate and exonerate yourself.