td53
Well-known member
To be clear I’m not denigrating anyone’s contribution It’s not about that It’s just the talk of pay rises in the public sector when we are facing meltdown ( and that’s what we are ) doesn’t sit right with me
I understand that and it's a powerful and pragmatic argument. What I would want to see is that Austerity 3 is genuinely spread amongst all according to their means to contribute and that it is recognised that Austerity 2 was generally paid for in public service pay freezes and cuts, whereas others benefited from low taxation and rates of business tax. That's not a public v private argument, especially in the north west, running many businesses is incredibly hard and not always especially financially rewarding.
Austerity 1 (imo the best in the franchise) was a different beast altogether, which I'm not saying is a playbook, but it does demonstrate that a country can rebuild after unthinkable destruction and share the task and at the same time create new and positive ideas.