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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
I don't agree with all this fake outrage over privacy. Nobody is outraged about business owners knowing what the employees are making; that's normal. People own the Government. They have the right to know. Public work offers significant benefits that are not available to private employment. It also offers substantially less risk. Some loss of privacy in terms of the people knowing public employer's remuneration package is a reasonable compromise.
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So much wrong with this post.
1) There is a massive difference between 1 person knowing what you make, and everyone knowing what you make. do any of your neighbours know what you make?
2) Are you benefits you are talking about include every other friday off, stock options, bonuses, etc? Because those are all available in the private sector, not in government.
3) Substantially less risk? Every time there is a new minister or Premier, there are huge layoffs. Ask Canada Post about the low risk of working there. It's all the same.
I agree there needs to be more information available to the public in regards to where money in being spent. Budgets should be posted publicly and audited. But posting the names of average Joe's and how much they make is an invasion of privacy, plain and simple.