There is something wrong when the region which has the highest level of civil servants is also the region with highest median incomes. Look at the difference between Manawatu and Wellington - 29 percent. It's out of whack. A productive argicultural region should be doing better than trailing the seat of government by 29 percent. And to make matters worse, instead of the number of civil servants declining, it's growing.
It's ironic that many of the people complaining about growing inequality are the very civil servants - including MPs - gaining from it. From 2010 to 2014 Wellington - barring Taranaki - also had the fastest growing incomes.
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Just goes to show it's long past time the bits of central government we still need were put in a tower-block in Mangere --- and the the rest fired.
Wellington should be like Palmerston North with a higher unemployment rate.
There is something wrong when the region which has the highest level of civil servants is also the region with highest median incomes.
There certainly is. The demise of unions has meant private-sector incomes have lagged way behind the public sector, except in the case of senior management, CEOs and directors. The what-to-do-about-it part is tricky, though - this government is hardly likely to encourage re-unionisation of the workforce.
Why would anyone want to encourage the re-unionisation of the workforce?
Many of us who have been in unions have seen how they usually operate and how often they are undemocratic and frankly dictorial.
High levels of government debt erodes the peoples confidence and is a drag on the real economy.
Also encourages stooges to flog the country to the commies
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