RBS has government's blessing to transfer jobs to India

[happyroggat]

From the Edinburgh Evening News site:
9am Briefing: RBS has government's blessing to transfer jobs to India

[HairyArsedBloke]

But they are Scottish jobs; Labour can abuse them as much as they like and they will still vote for the party.

Where is that thread on classification of personality disorders again?

[sweetandsour]

From the Edinburgh Evening News site:
9am Briefing: RBS has government's blessing to transfer jobs to India

I know that it is painful for the people that this affects but if something can be done at lower cost it is better for the entire economy in the long run if it is.

Some people are going to have to retrain or accept a lower standard of living which is not nice, but it is necessary or there will be no future for anybody.

[wurzel]

Some people are going to have to retrain or accept a lower standard of living .

Are you one of those people perchance?

[Fred Bloggs]

I know that it is painful for the people that this affects but if something can be done at lower cost it is better for the entire economy in the long run if it is.

Some people are going to have to retrain or accept a lower standard of living which is not nice, but it is necessary or there will be no future for anybody.

Correct, I think all CUKers should immediately offer a 50% rate reduction to the client for the good of the country. I'll do it now and back date the cut by 6 months I think.

[JoJoGabor]

I know that it is painful for the people that this affects but if something can be done at lower cost it is better for the entire economy in the long run if it is.

Some people are going to have to retrain or accept a lower standard of living which is not nice, but it is necessary or there will be no future for anybody.

So the UK is currently a Service Based Economy. If all those services are performed overseas, how does the population earn money to keep the economy going?

[Fred Bloggs]

So the UK is currently a Service Based Economy. If all those services are performed overseas, how does the population earn money to keep the economy going?

New Labour will look after us all. No worries at all there.

[George Parr]

I know that it is painful for the people that this affects but if something can be done at lower cost it is better for the entire economy in the long run if it is.

Some people are going to have to retrain or accept a lower standard of living which is not nice, but it is necessary or there will be no future for anybody.

OK, I'll bite.

Something done in India at lower cost = British worker benched / unemployed and claiming benefits, not paying tax = bad for the economy.

Unemployed Brit now cannot support his local car dealer, newsagent, butcher, window cleaner etc. This leads to more British workers being unemployed and claiming benefits, not paying tax = bad for the economy.

Unemployed Brit more likely to experience marital, crime, alcohol and mental health issues than when he was employed = bad for the economy.

etc. etc. etc.

[sweetandsour]

Are you one of those people perchance?

Probably. I haven't worked all year.

So the UK is currently a Service Based Economy. If all those services are performed overseas, how does the population earn money to keep the economy going?

The population has to do something else.

I don't know what that is so I might be one of the ones that spends the rest of their life poor but those that work it out will be OK.

Would it have been a good idea to subsidise the following that don't really exist in the UK any more

• Ship building industry
• Coal mining industry
• Cloth weaving industry
• Tin mining industry

The answer is no. It is easier to say that when it applies to someone else, but some people are going to have to face the fact that they are in the same boat now as the coal miners were in the 1980s.

That isn't a nice thought, but a dose of reality is required.

[sweetandsour]

OK, I'll bite.

Something done in India at lower cost = British worker benched / unemployed and claiming benefits, not paying tax = bad for the economy.

Unemployed Brit now cannot support his local car dealer, newsagent, butcher, window cleaner etc. This leads to more British workers being unemployed and claiming benefits, not paying tax = bad for the economy.

Unemployed Brit more likely to experience marital, crime, alcohol and mental health issues than when he was employed = bad for the economy.

etc. etc. etc.

See previous post.

Some unemployed Brits will learn something else.

Younger Brits will work out how to avoid being unemployed when they finish their education.

Brits that are stuck in their ways will be forced into a lower standard of living.