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TEODROS years.
has been met with stern opposition. employment and stimulus in the UK
The level of cuts that are planned is job market reduces the chances of
dangerous and naive. victims of the cut’s finding work.
Putting people out of work with such
By making enormous cuts in high unemployment in general,
such a unique sector, the Tories have results in a loss of tax revenue and in
overlooked that public sector workers turn an increase spending on
(especially those who have been long benefits. Thanks to the recession,
standing servants) may become demand for both permanent and
disenchanted and feel almost like temporary staff has decreased
scapegoats. The public sector is truly drastically, which really
unique and it retains an ethos that’s does threaten the recovery of the UK
just not present in other sectors. job market.
Resultantly, many workers may
choose not to explore the possibility This is a vicious cycle that would
of working outside the public sector provide to be a major problem to the
should they be made redundant. Tories’ reforms. Ironically, tackling
the deficit through excessive cuts
Generally, public organisation could actually only serve to increase
employees are usually associated it. Bewilderingly, according to
with safeguarding the interests of research carried out by the trade
the general public. There is a self- union UNISON, the government’s
worth and personal satisfaction that plans
“£6.6to cut 725,000
billion public
in lost taxsector
comes with serving the public. Such jobs could cost
revenue andtheanUK economy:
extra £8.8
empowerment really does intensely
motivate public sector employees, billion to the nations
who may feel that this incentive can’t benefit funding.
be replicated in other lines of work. Additionally, Small
Having undertaken a public sector businesses dependent on
specialist subject and experienced public sector contracts will
working in the public services, take a hit. Unison estimates
personally I can relate to this
sensation. This also ties in with the
that economic output will
stereotype that the private sector, is fallThere
by £46 billion
seems to beas
a political
“a cut-throat and self-serving zone” a result.that
consensus ” massive cuts are
in comparison to the public sector. obligatory for a country to manage
The end product being many public its national debt. More useful,
workers simply claiming benefits, maybe, is to case study the fiscal
unless other similar employment is situation across the shore in Ireland.
available to them. Although, this Having taken a hard and fast
seems a trivial rationale at first approach in carrying out cuts, Ireland
glance, with greater inspection such now has an economy that has become
entrenched feelings by workers who too weak to sustain recovery and is
will be made redundant could prove facing yet another economic crash.
to be a major problem for the Like their ancestors, many Irish
government. workers, especially graduates, are
migrating for employment and
There is more than an emotive greener pastures. Interestingly, in
argument comparison Spain has been cutting at
against the a significantly gradual pace and
Tories’ coincidently, is much more equipped
cuts. The for recovery after a disastrous
general collapse to its economy.
lack of