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Originally Posted by crazy_eoj
Most studies show that after you take into account pensions and benefits, most public sector employees make MORE than private sector workers doing similar work.
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In those studies what percentage of the private sector workers doing similar work were unionized? You often claim that public sector workers are overpaid yet never seem to consider the possibility that perhaps private sector workers are underpaid.
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This is also reflected in the low attrition rate in the public sector, even during 'boom' times. People don't leave the public sector for higher paying jobs in the private sector because often they don't exist.
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Source?
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The fantasy that public workers take lower pay in exchange for job security doesn't exist. They get their cake and eat it too.
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Are they too full of cake to ask for double meat on their subs?
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The entire point of the chart is showing that the HUGE MULTI-BILLION dollar deficits are primarily driven by the growing public sector workforce. It's simply unsustainable to keep going down this path. If we want to balance the budget, it has to include facing the reality we pay far too much for our government services.
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Primarily driven by a growing public sector workforce? The public sector workforce has always increased and there hasn’t always been deficits as a result. Are you sure it hasn’t been primarily driven by the collapse of our largest industry and the loss of tax revenue that went along with it?
If our service costs are too high and our revenue is already too low would you not agree that Kenney’s plan to lower corporate tax rates by 1/3 over 4 years would be unlikely to help reduce the deficit that you appear to be gravely concerned about?