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Peter, why 'waste' and not 'spend'?
Is it called the public sector because it 'wastes' public money or because it deals with people as people, in their diverse oneness?
Should people paid to care and help shun each other?
Who cannot appreciate the (ruthless) efficiency of looking after number one? It may seem much more rewarding to help the board achieve their targets and get their bonuses when doing so may get you a few more shillings in your own purse.
Yet...
Who rewards the public sector given their diverse role: they help pedestrians and frustrate drivers, they help drivers and inconvenience pedestrians, they work to reduce the number of starving waifs cluttering ones driveway while wringing every last pound out of one at the petrol pump.
Years ago Red Ken tried to keep public transport fares down and to cheers from the snow queen herself was told by a judge that public transport had to run at a profit.
So where does the money come from to pay these high fares if not by demands for increased pay? So (cue strings) the private sector is burdened yet again...
Or, more likely life becomes less worth living for all who must use bus or tube to get to work...their employer does not care, their government does not care, the law does not care and the public sector cannot intervene...
We are all too happy as tax-payers to join the chorus of "value for money" and are upset, unhappy, but (then it hits home) not so surprised that when the shoe is on the other foot we cry-out, "What about SERVICE!!!!"
We as a nation are dragged hither and thither by the short-hairs of selfishness and are all at once appalled that the 'them' that are often the 'real' enemy can also be us.
What is the super-dooper, fast-as-lightning, focussed, focussed, focussed high flyer from the private sector to do?
Apart from lolly-gagging and repeating time-worn prejudices, to a ready and all too keen audience, could this 'super-being' not introduce get-to-know-each other sessions and reduce the time spent away from 'task'?
I'm just saying...nothing personal.
