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Originally Posted by fotze
I'm sorry but all those reasons are just as selfish as wanting to work somewhere for higher pay. Ya, there are 2 or 3 people that work there for completely unselfish reasons but, I am talking about the people who work there for selfish reasons while telling the rest of the world they work there for selfless reasons, people like me.
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I can't argue that people don't like their benefits, it's quite well-known that people who work in the civil service are more inclined to become "lifers", but that again, is a lifestyle choice. They aren't trapped by any means, especially when, as someone mentioned earlier, you can go out to the rigs, make a six-figure income with no education, and still have money left over for Iron Maiden tickets. Some people choose to have that which would normally be covered by an individual, such as RRSP's, dental, medical, et al, be covered by the government instead. Infact, I'd say having these social mechanisms in place help people along who would otherwise not make the right investment choices.
It is not selfish to want your government to provide the same services that you would eventually have to provide otherwise for yourself. When you think about it, this is the crux of public vs. private healthcare, and no one in this country, including Alberta, is saying to go completely to the right and ditch universal health care, which is a staple of a social democracy.
Alberta doesn't allow for people becoming scared to leave the civil service; there are plenty of opportunities to do great things, esepcially with the labour shortage in full swing. I can see that arguement made in Halifax or Quebec, but not here.
Sorry, just one more thing - all I have to do is look to countries like Norway and Sweden to provide great examples of socialist democracies that work well. Infact, I believe Norway has had a higher Human Development Index rating than Canada this year, and a few times in previous years too. Sweden and Finland are not far behind.