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Originally posted by TimberWolf View PostAnd I thought the UK's public sector was larger than China's."A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George OrwellComment
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Originally posted by oversteer View PostActually the UK Public sector employs more people (5.4m) than both the Indian Railways and Chinese Army... combined
However, as this is a friendly discussion I don't mind reading other points of view.Comment
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Originally posted by Churchill View PostAccording to Wikipedia - Total Chinese Army is 7,024,000
However, as this is a friendly discussion I don't mind reading other points of view.
Originally posted by TimesOnly the Chinese Army and the Indian State Railways are believed to employ more people — with 2.3 million and 1.5 million staff respectively
What DID catch my eye was
Available for military service:
654,229,201 males, age 16–49 (2009 est.),
429,058,000 females, age 16–49 (2009 est.)
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Originally posted by Paddy View PostI thought it was; public sector pensions are greater than the GDP of China.Comment
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I can't see why the public sector could easily drop around 200,000 posts -for all the extra spending, up 70% in 13 years - the public services do not seem to be 70% better."The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance." CiceroComment
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostLokoing how badly they manage holes in the road, street lighting and other basic things we expect from them I am sure this will be a little out of their league! lol
The NHS is also different like the police and fire service.
Well according to people who work in the relevant sectors.
I think they describe themselves due to the pensions they get so MPs get the best pensions while local government workers who aren't teachers or the chief exec types get the worse ones."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by Churchill View PostUnsustainable - it has to change but how?
Simple: get rid of a load of public sector employees and replace them with contractors who cost more and are themselves put in place by the big consultancy firms that charge even more on top of that
Of course that would end up being more expensive than keeping the original people on
There's something that always confuses me: why is it that a company employing one or two people when it starts and growing to perhaps thirty employees in its first year can, during that year, successfully provide a reliable online service to many millions of people across the globe - yet the big consultancy firms, charging many millions of pounds and employing/subcontracting hundreds of supposedly competent techies, can't get even the most basic five-page web application working reliably for a small proportion of the UK population after three to six years of extortionately expensive effort?Comment
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostLokoing how badly they manage holes in the road, street lighting and other basic things we expect from them I am sure this will be a little out of their league! lol
It works pretty wellComment
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It would be easier to report parts of the road without potholes."A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George OrwellComment
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