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Originally Posted by wakey
IMHO people working in the public sector should just stfu when it comes to wages, yes maybe they dont get paid what they are worth but they choose to enter the public sector and were not forced into it.
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This seems rather circular logic. Why should the public sector have lower wages than the private sector? Because of tradition? Why is it inherently a good thing that nurses, teachers and lecturers (or whomever else) be paid less in public bodies than private ones?
If we accept that for a good proportion of people, money (in our current system) is a highly motivating factor, setting public sector wages a lot lower than the private simply means you cannot attract the best people to the job. How on Earth could that be a good thing?
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....as something thats still majoritly funded by the state cant
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This isn't a universal truth. The university I am enrolled at only receives something like
18% of it's funding direct from the state. The rest is fees, alumni donations, research funds, etc. 20 or so years ago it was 80%. Even accepting your (frankly absurd) argument that public sector wages should automatically be lower, let's try and be clear here.
The reactionary nonsense spouted here by yourself, stew & megla makes me kind of sick really.