alToday in Tynwald, the Legislative Council voted down the Economic Policy Review Committee's first recommendation. Apparently, benchmarking the bloated public sector against the private sector is a bridge too far for the upper house. (1/3)
We have a £100 million structural deficit and a "normalised" habit of raiding reserves for day-to-day spending, yet LegCo refuses to stop the government from outbidding our own local businesses for labour. When public sector wages are £196/week higher than the private sector, it isn’t "resilience"—it’s a slow-motion hollowing out of the Island’s enterprise.
Is the goal a small, focused government, or just a bigger one funded by future generations' pensions? 📉⚓… (2/3)