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Tube staff in the UK have just achieved a deal whereby they get 52 (not its not a typo) days leave a year. Despite the tube system being broke, many old trains, no air con, bugger all security, prices going up by twice the price of inflation etc under the diretion of Red Ken the unions continually achieve huge pay rises. The same sort of muppetry occurs on the railway despite the misery inflected on commuters. Sure incompetent management is to blame for giving in to the unions but the unions are so strong that they always cave in.
Similar to NSW. Bob Carr has caved in and paid way over inflation increases to public servants in many areas. Despite the transport system being stuffed he gives these workers major pay rises. This will ensure a shortage of money for the system for years to come. It just goes to show when the ALP spends more money on health, education etc all it does is waste it on wage rises.
The AFR the other day carried an interesting article showing the alp state govts had actually decreased infrastructure spending despite hefty overall increases in public spending. The ALP far from running public services better thant the Libs have significantly run down investment.
Thus infrastructure and services are getting worse whilst spending and taxes are being increased and the unions are laughing. People talk about lib voters greed and self interest. Well how about a few workers in the transport industry ripping off the entire public transport community in their hundreds of thousands.
Similar to NSW. Bob Carr has caved in and paid way over inflation increases to public servants in many areas. Despite the transport system being stuffed he gives these workers major pay rises. This will ensure a shortage of money for the system for years to come. It just goes to show when the ALP spends more money on health, education etc all it does is waste it on wage rises.
The AFR the other day carried an interesting article showing the alp state govts had actually decreased infrastructure spending despite hefty overall increases in public spending. The ALP far from running public services better thant the Libs have significantly run down investment.
Thus infrastructure and services are getting worse whilst spending and taxes are being increased and the unions are laughing. People talk about lib voters greed and self interest. Well how about a few workers in the transport industry ripping off the entire public transport community in their hundreds of thousands.

