January 23, 2006
"RARELY SEEN OUTSIDE SCANDINAVIA":
Growth of Scottish public sector is costing jobs (FRASER NELSON, 1/23/06, The Scotsman)
SCOTLAND's private sector has entered outright decline in the face of the relentless expansion of the public sector, according to official data obtained by The Scotsman.Businesses have shed 17,000 jobs over a period where the government and its various agencies have hired 24,000 more staff - the exact reverse of the trend promised by Jack McConnell, the First Minister.
The CBI has warned Mr McConnell that his avalanche of government spending is now hurting the economy by squeezing out companies.
An unpublished survey of Scotland's labour market by the Office for National Statistics has found 707,000 people are now employed by the government - almost one in three jobs in Scotland. Such a ratio is rarely seen outside Scandinavia.
Yeah, that sounds sustainable.... Posted by Orrin Judd at January 23, 2006 3:25 PM
Communism by accretion and, as you note, just as sustainable.
And the march to socialism continues.How else can you meet social demands except through public enterprise? Private enterprise can't survive the losses. Public E. can't either, but who cares?
Posted by: Genecis at January 23, 2006 4:39 PM