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emperor ([personal profile] emperor) wrote2010-07-07 02:44 pm
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On keeping one's promises

Why is it OK to consider changing the law to allow the government to renege on promises it made to civil servants, when we're not considering doing similar to allow us to renege on, say, PFI deals?

[identity profile] maviscruet.livejournal.com 2010-07-07 03:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Private sector legislation is the legal minimum - many companies actually offer a lot more then that.

The phrase "mere mortals" is an odd one to use for civil servents. Pointing that phrase at ceo's and other senior staff in the private (and often public) sector who's bail out terms are eye watering good seems ore reasonable.

And who do you know that's paid vast ammounts for nothing in the public sector? Everything I've seen that compares like with like jobs the public sector is often less then that private in terms of raw cash.