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Over the last 11 year public expenditure has been totally unrestrained. Given them the money and the public sector can always find something to do with it, more empires for the managers to build.
I do not doubt that there are worthy and useful aspects to all these jobs. But - are we really getting enough bang for our bucks, that is what is important here.
I remember (as will Paul Watkins) back in the early-mid 80's when at DDC we got rid of all Assistant Directors of departments and reduced the number of departments. Labour councillors opposed that then and warned of dire consequences. No, it worked and a lot of ratepays cash was saved.
The public sector has become bloated and inefficient and needs some serious trimming.
We are in recession, probably the worse for 80 years or more. The whole burden is falling on the wealth creating sector of the economy, the private sector, with the public sector getting off scot free. Can you not see how that can only prolong and deepen the recession. It is common sense, the more you burden those upon whom you depend to get us out of this mess, the more difficult it gets.
The private sector carries the costs of this bloated public payroll and their featherbedded pensions. These are only paid for, ultimately, out of the wealth created by businesses.
The Mobile Youth Provision and Rapid Response Manager at Islington Council, earning up to £40,000 a year, does not create a penny in wealth, he only consumes the wealth created by others. Of course it does not stop there. On top of his salary there is his pension (most of which is not paid by him), there is his offfice, secretarial and other support, his 'team', expenses, all to be paid for. That job at £40k is probably costs Islington ratepayers the best part of £100k plus any costs associated to his 'team'.
You can argue that he does something useful among the young. But is it really necessary? What happened before? Perhaps the young would have had to look after and be responsible for themselves. You can argue that they would turn to anti-social behaviour, but my generation rarely did and we did not have anything like what is available now, even without this 'team'. Indeed a lot of areas dont have such a team without the public feeling at all deprived.
You can always formulate an argument for the spending of endless amounts of public money but is that really a responsible and sensible thing to do? No.
It is time to speed the end of the recession by cutting and controlling public spending and to once again encourage the wealth creators. Cuts their taxes, cut the red-tape under which they struggle. Get the economy moving again and we will all benefit, including the youths helped by the Islington team, jobs will be created for them by succesfull and competitive businesses.