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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
the cut in spending is going to have to happen at some point, unless we're all ok with debt servicing as a huge spend in our budget.
The government shouldn't have bloated the public service just so they can say "Hey look unemployment isn't as bad" Its an illusion and a costly one.
In lock step with wage freezes, the government should have implemented at the very least a hiring freeze of non front end essential personal.
The money that was spent on a expensive boost of the operating budget could have been spent on infrastructure for example.
There was no need to super spend on the operational budget, its ridiculously stupid.
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I dont think people really understand the long-term consequences of this.
The thing is, it isnt just fudging the employment numbers. As we saw with the consolidation of AHS a major sticking point with Government jobs is that they are fantastic, their benefits are amazing and they are almost impossible to eliminate.
And when you do eliminate them, the people holding those jobs are very, very expensive to get rid of.
So by creating a bunch of additional positions you've employed a large segment of these people for the foreseeable future which effectively drops a 'Milan Lucic-esque' boat anchor on your budget and balance sheet for numerous administrations moving forward.