tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post482232123571037643..comments2023-09-24T08:04:06.909-04:00Comments on FSK's Guide to Reality: State Thugs Are Well PaidFSKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11903396202330950362noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-45453135461914769842009-10-28T15:31:13.214-04:002009-10-28T15:31:13.214-04:00In the UK, everyone that owns a television has to ...In the UK, everyone that owns a television has to pay the BBC license fee regardless of whether you watch the BBC channels or not.<br /><br />Effectively BBC employees are paid via a tax. Other television channels get none of this money.<br /><br />In the newspapers recently it was revealed that BBC management get the BBC to pay private companies that they themselves own for services. Effectively they are getting paid salaries by the BBC and are getting the BBC to funnel money into their own private companies as well. Quite why the BBC can't provide these services themselves I don't know.<br /><br />At first sight you calling government employees thugs seems pejorative.<br /><br />For the past decade we have purchased a television license in the UK. However for an unknown reason after 10 years, the BBC printed our address with a spelling mistake. We had to phone the BBC on a premium rate line to tell them to correct our address. They did not. So we got a threatening letter through the post shaking us down for money despite the fact we possessed a tv license. The only way stated to communicate with the BBC was via a premium rate telephone number. So all in all we phoned them many times and had to pay for it. We also had their inspectors turn up at our house to shake us down for money despite possessing a license. We obviously did not answer the door but just spoke to them over the intercom.<br /><br />But here from this example we can see the Government employees only get their money for thugs coming to your door shaking you down and sending you threatening letters.<br /><br />This was despite the fact we actually possessed a tv license.<br /><br />So THUG is really an appropriate term.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-40123638473453246082009-10-26T13:24:45.084-04:002009-10-26T13:24:45.084-04:00The fact that this loophole may not be exploitable...The fact that this loophole may not be exploitable in practice, does not detract from the main message that state employees get a far better deal than private sector employees.<br /><br />In the UK newspapers mention the divide now between public sector workers and private sector workers. Previously there was a north-south divide in the UK as far as wealth went, now it is public-private.<br /><br />I always laugh when I hear about public sector workers actually getting redundancy pay when their jobs end. In the private sector, employers will do everything possible to cheat employees out of their statutory redundancy payments.<br /><br />Central Government workers and local council workers get generous pensions when they retire. In fact a certain proportion of local council tax goes towards paying public sector pensions. However nobody pays for private sector pensions anymore.<br /><br />There is a real divide.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-4221429240408519262009-10-26T04:19:33.581-04:002009-10-26T04:19:33.581-04:00"This is an exploitable loophole. In the last..."This is an exploitable loophole. In the last year before retirement, State employees rack up as much overtime as possible. This dramatically increases the value of the pension."<br /><br />Government employees are generally salaried and do not get overtime, sorry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com