WeX Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Because I suspect very few people, if any, on this crummy website have been both a tube driver and a fireman. Therefore they can't make a reasonable comment without any degree credibility. You make endless comments on the government, are you or have you ever been a MP or held a position in government? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeX Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 but then i suppose you can turn it on its head and say why is a chairman/manager of a loss making company getting paid more than a fireman no you cant unless you see the world through the eyes of a 4 year old. Fireman are paid by our taxes, while the chairman of a loss making company is in the direct employ of the shaireholders and unless you are a shareholder in said company, you have no say in who or why they hire such people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordonb Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 A single person on £50k in London would have a good standard of living but would struggle to be able to buy a 1 bedroom ex-council flat. They would likely be paying about £700 pcm rent and their council tax is likely to be very high. They'd have significantly less disposable cash than someone on £50k in Sheffield. Interestingly, in the 1970s LU platform assistants were paid the same as school meals staff. 30 years later they were on about 3 - 4 times as much. That's what good union organisation gets you. Used to have to go into London on the early train every now and then, amazing how many LUL staff used to get on the train in Cambridge. Something to do with them having reciprical agreements with the rail companies and not having to pay the fares that we were having to pay. Think you will find that many LUL staff live out of London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeaFan Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Ok then, so if it's ok for platform staff to earn 3-4 times as much as school meal staff, then it's surely ok for middle management in London Transport to earn 3-4 times as much as platform staff? It's in their interests to earn 3-4 times as much. It's in the drivers interests to earn £50k. It's in bankers' interest to take huge risks for huge potential earnings and then get us to pay for their mistakes. It's in hedge fund managers' interests to push the price of food staples such as rice up even if that means people starve. It's in the interests of the rural poor in Asia for the price of rice to be low. This is why, in a global capitalist system, politics is still essentially about class and class interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeX Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 No doubt the socialists will crow about this until they realise they will have to pay for it through their taxes, then they will do the usual and demand the rich (everyone except them) pay for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 What has the situation in the financial sector got to do with public sector workers getting inflation busting 20% pay rises over 4 years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeaFan Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 No doubt the socialists will crow about this until they realise they will have to pay for it through their taxes, then they will do the usual and demand the rich (everyone except them) pay for it. They'd still have some way to go to match the £1 trillion screwed out of the tax payers by the rich banks, the £2.4 bn per year extracted from tax payers by the commercial sector in procurement fraud, the PFI handouts, the handouts to property developers (Sevenstone, Park Hill) and so on. Corporate welfare is huge, they are milking us for everything we've got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bojangles Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 It's in their interests to earn 3-4 times as much. It's in the drivers interests to earn £50k. It's in bankers' interest to take huge risks for huge potential earnings and then get us to pay for their mistakes. It's in hedge fund managers' interests to push the price of food staples such as rice up even if that means people starve. It's in the interests of the rural poor in Asia for the price of rice to be low. This is why, in a global capitalist system, politics is still essentially about class and class interest. To a lot of hardworking people on low incomes, £50k puts those drivers in another class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 To a lot of hardworking people on low incomes, £50k puts those drivers in another class. And to those drivers Fred Goodwin "earns" more every time he takes a ****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 To a lot of hardworking people on low incomes, £50k puts those drivers in another class. Maybe they'll all turn blue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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