White Man Van on ... the pay cap

19 July 2017

Right, here’s a simple economics lesson. It’s all very well giving public sector workers more pay but someone’s got to fund it all.

I mean take your average private sector bosses. When they give their staff a pay rise they bankroll the extra dosh in two ways. One is they cut costs by being more efficient like reducing numbers, having more computers, smaller offices, less overtime, no free tea, whatever, so you get less people doing the same job.

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