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9 comments:
give the people their money so the country can go back to some sort of normalcy.this is getting ridiculus on the government's part, bite the bullet and give the money. i heard that firemen are being imported into the country..is this true? and if so the government definately has money! because im sure those who are coming are not volunteers
I really do not know the reason for the intransigence being displayed by the gvernment except to suggest that they are planning to effect some retrenchment in the service, after they have finally succomb to the demands of the workers.
I am of the view that the compromise offer suggested by the "church people" is quite reasonable and should have been accepted by the government.
I guess they do not want to be seen as capitulating so soon after the initial display toughness.
Let it be known by all the parties involved that there is nothing to gain by the mind games that are being played. Ultimately St. Lucians will pay and the further the impasse drags on the greater the price to be paid.
I exhort the leaders involved to get back to the negotiation table in a spirit of humility, forgiveness, mutual respect and a sense of duty to the country.
Stop the posturing and unnecassary bravado on both sides of the divide.
I am a taxpaying citizen. If the government should take it on their own to give these people my money they better be ready to give every taxpaying citizen of St Luica a raise too!!!!!
Don't be a fool Anonymous No. 3. Do you believe that you, the high and mighty "taxpaying citizen" pay more money in taxes to the Government Treasury than the thousands of taxpaying teachers of Saint Lucia. STOP being a damned FOOL. Donna.
Donna, please refrain from the name calling. There are better ways of arguing constructively.
I agree, but anyone who should refer to the honourable, hard-working, self sacrificing, under-paid, under-appreciated teachers of my country, as "these people," IS A FOOL, and MUST be told that he/she IS A FOOL...nutting wrong wid dat. Donna.
have to agree with donna, anonymous 3 clearly doesn't think much,
An interesting statistic would be the percentage of income taxes that people in the public sector verses people in the private sector on their total income both reported and unreported.
Public sector workers are not able to "hide" any of their public-sector income and would have to pay income tax on it. They may not pay income taxes on other "non-public" income though. It is probably easier for private sector workers to "hide" a greater percentage of their income and hence their relative tax rate is most likely lower.
I hear flippant statements of "pay de people dere monee" and 'they can pay it well" etc. None of which are based on fact.
We have been given some metrics by the government regarding the financial health of the government some view it with suspicion while most haven't viewed it at all, or even care to factor it their decisions.
I have said repeatedly on this board even before Rick made it known in his publication that the Prime Minister was either bullied into making such an outrageous offer to the public servants, or he hedged his bet that the financial and economic fortunes of the country would improve sufficiently by implimentation time to make it possible.
He probably surmised that by so doing he could turn a constituent of perennial anti-UWPs into grateful admirers. A dividend to be cashed at future elections. That salary increase agreement was a great gamble that he took. When you cannot pay your gambling debts they take a bat to your shin bone.
However, when the dust is settled and the money is finally paid the day of economic reckoning will most certainly come. The public servants who think that by throwing away the baby with the bath water is a winning gambit will be lambasted in the court of public opinion. Mark my word.
I love teachers, I was one in St. Lucia. I have always said it was the best work I had ever done, but not necessarily the best job I ever had. We were always underpaid, underappreciated, and garnered the least societal respect.
No salary increase in my opinion is ever too much for the deserving teachers, but this time the economic forces had conspired against them. The government lacked the foresight to have seen that, and the public servants are too angry to appreciate that.
I have no dog in this fight. I can only clamor for good sense, and principled leadership.
Heaven help us all.
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