Cameron "voodoo" economics - very interesting article
Discussion
FNG said:
BOR said:
And by cutting public spending presumably you mean state school budgets and NHS resources and whatever else that doesn't affect the rich ?
Ah, the stalwart quote of the Labourite. To infer that tax cuts can only be made against health and education budgets.Cos no matter where else you look in public spending, there's just no waste anywhere else, is there? Apparently the schools and the hospitals are gonna get it every time
Yes indeed. Lets nail this lie for a start!IIRC there are approx 650,000 extra civil servants now than there were in 1997. Of these, we've got a few thousand more nurses, doctors, teachers and policemen. (we also got some useless PCSOs, but lets be charitable and say they make some sort of contribution) At the same time our armed forces have shrunk a little, so lets say that we have got 150,000 useful extra key hires in the public sector.
What, pray tell, are the other half a million feckers doing everyday? Nothing to cut other than schools, hospitals and frontline services? PAH! pull the other one
andymadmak said:
FNG said:
BOR said:
And by cutting public spending presumably you mean state school budgets and NHS resources and whatever else that doesn't affect the rich ?
Ah, the stalwart quote of the Labourite. To infer that tax cuts can only be made against health and education budgets.Cos no matter where else you look in public spending, there's just no waste anywhere else, is there? Apparently the schools and the hospitals are gonna get it every time
Yes indeed. Lets nail this lie for a start!IIRC there are approx 650,000 extra civil servants now than there were in 1997. Of these, we've got a few thousand more nurses, doctors, teachers and policemen. (we also got some useless PCSOs, but lets be charitable and say they make some sort of contribution) At the same time our armed forces have shrunk a little, so lets say that we have got 150,000 useful extra key hires in the public sector.
What, pray tell, are the other half a million feckers doing everyday? Nothing to cut other than schools, hospitals and frontline services? PAH! pull the other one
Even so let's not forget to look at the estimated £6bn annual waste in the NHS and after that (!) where the rest goes.
New Labour's NHS Legacy
The following list is taken from a GP who has written of the people that she has been emailed by in her local PCT. The list speaks for itself, it tells the tale of the incredibly inefficient and wasteful bureaucratic mess that this government has created in the NHS. There are now more PCT managers than primary care doctors in many areas, there are people with titles that make no sense and the output of their jobs often amounts to even less. Here we have Kafka's PCT list:
- Communications Assistant
- GP Directorate Manager
- PA to Medical Director and PEC Chair
- Assistant Director Commissioning & Informatics
- Medical Directorate Administrator
- Strategic Programmes Director
- Primary Care Manager
- Public Health Project Manager
- Primary Care Commissioning Officer
- Long Term Conditions Administrator
- Resuscitation Educators
- Communications officer (media & campaigns)
- Senior Primary Care Commissioning Manager
- Long Term Conditions Commissioning Manager
- Commissioning Officer
- PA to Head of Urgent Care
- PA to Primary Care Commissioning
- Head of Urgent Care
- PA to Director of Commissioning & Informatics
- Head of Clinical Quality (Commissioning)
- Lead for Quality of care in care homes and End of Life Care
- Locality Manager - Children's Community Service
- Admin Support Primary Care Commissioning
- Information Governance Manager
- PA to Commissioning
- Public Health Strategy Manager
- Acting Co-ordinator (Substance Misuse)
- Liaison Officer
- Senior Administrator & Project Support
- Primary Care (GP) Support and Development
- Commissioning & Information Directorate
- Public Health Nurse Consultant
- Primary Care Development Manager
- Intermediate Care Coordinator
- Chief Executive
- Communications Officer
- Acting Deputy Chief Executive
- Director of Strategic Development
- Associate Director of HR
- Assistant Director of Information
- Primary Care Development Manager
- Clinical Governance Admin Support
- Knowledge Services
- Director of Primary and Community Services
- Public Health Analyst
- Public Health Intelligence Team
- Administration Support Officer
- Sexual Health Commissioning
- Service Development and Market Management
- Commissioning Project Officer
- Mental Health Commissioning Team
- Temporary Clinical Quality Administrator for Primary Care Independent Contractors
- Primary Care Support and Development Manager
- Clerical Officer
- Senior Administrator & Project Support
- Primary Care Commissioning
- Assistant Directors Commissioning & Informatics
- Core Learning Administrator
- Employee & Organisational Development Team
- Long Term Conditions Administration Officer
- Public Health Administrator
- Sexual Health Development Manager
- Clinical Governance Administrator
i blame labour for everything because their bloody in charge...and the bbc should be crucified for standing by their side...
its ironic their called labour when all they do is provide non jobs and destroy economies...there is no dream under labour, nothing to aspire to...
they made it easier for wasters and harder businesses and the working man, pure and simple....
i mean why the f
k on the verge of a downturn they knew was coming introduce useless home information packs against the advice of the law society...taxation accounting...words cannot describe the crap that has gone on here...
and i'm fed up with saying the same bloody thing the tories are the best of a crap bunch....their all we have its not a perfect world....yes they used their expenses unwisely but at least they favour a more market orientated economy and it is the private sector which is going to get us out of this f
king mess not increases in public sector spending...you cannot have a wasteful public sector without a thriving private sector and labour seem intent on making it impossible for businesses to function...i'm jealous of all the rich people i know but the country doesnt work without rich people investing and spending...money makes the world go round....people with money will leave under another term of labour...
also you cannot grow out of a f
king recession lets get that clear...you make cuts and pay down your debt then you start thriving again...Gassing Station | News, Politics & Economics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff