Quite apart from the fact that public sector pay is taxed (do the Tories' media outriders know this?), now that public spending accounts for such a huge percentage, sometimes the majority, of economic activity in great swathes of the country, that makes the private sector in those areas dependent on the public sector. And these days, much, even most, of that private sector belongs to national or multinational companies, such as the supermarket chains.
Just how dependent are now those chains, or those of gastropubs, or the fast food outlets, or the car dealerships, or even the banks, or so many other companies besides, on the spending power of public sector workers? For that matter, just how so dependent are the Sun and the Daily Mail?
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Equivocation. Seriously, I don't know a single public-sector worker who reads The Sun or the Mail. But perhaps they should, as that is who the beloved Peter Hitchens (P.B.U.H.) writes for.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, it is quite clear what keeps the Guardian going. They may as well be honest about it and just introduce a Guardian/Observer licence fee.
Good luck with the new party though...and that isn't sarcasm. You're don't seem like complete scum, which from me is quite a complement for an aspiring politician.