But those moves will do little to alleviate public anger over the rise, which is well above the one per cent pay rise being
received by public sector workers.
Not exact matches
In the
public sector, accounting methods used
by governments in education, health and social services impact on how these services are provided, who
receives the services and the costs of these services.
They are to pay for their rising debt service not
by taxing the population, but
by selling
public assets to the financial, insurance and real estate (FIRE)
sectors — the very
sectors which are
receiving the growing interest payments on the national debts resulting from lowering taxes on wealth.
Disability benefits are protected, but tax thresholds are increasing
by one per cent and those in the
public sector who had seen their pay frozen will now
receive one per cent pay increases.
Today's Daily Telegraph splashes with the news that
public sector pay continues to grow under Labour: «The Office for National Statistics disclosed that, in the three months to October, state workers
received an average annual rise of 2.8 % This was close to triple that seen in the private
sector, where pay edged up
by 1.1 %.
Over 6 million
public sector workers are not covered
by Social Security, including about 1.2 million
public school teachers; in 15 states,
public sector workers do not pay into or
receive benefits from the system.
In fact, the value of fringe benefits (as a percentage of wages) for the average
public - school teacher is more than double the benefits package
received by the typical worker in a large private -
sector firm.
Also, to the extent permitted
by Federal ethics laws and regulations, scientists and engineers may
receive honors and awards for their research and discoveries with the goal of minimizing, to the extent practicable, disparities in the potential for private -
sector and
public -
sector scientists and engineers to accrue the professional benefits of such honors or awards.
Public employee unions maintain retirement benefits far larger than those
received by most private
sector workers (and taxpayers).
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