Yes but...
... if the public sector workers contribute enough to the economy that the government gets back more in taxes than it pays in, then your objection doesn't hold.

Like I said, economies with no private sector have worked reasonably well in the past. It doesn't necessarily matter whether I pay the government or a private company to deliver goods or services as long as they are produced. I can see that there's an issue about what proportion of the economy is under direct government control, but I'm not sure that the problem you propose really exists (prepared to stand corrected though).

P.S I can see that you're not having a go; no need to be defensive. I'm just interested, that's all.

P.P.S Nothing wrong with being a lawyer. I, for one, quite enjoy not having to go out and fight people who don't play by the rules!
(silene, Wed 28 Jan 2009, 13:18, 1 reply)

yup, i agree with that,
up to the point where "the government gets back more in taxes than it pays in" - which is precisely what won't happen with this group of nobrots in charge!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 28 Jan 2009, 13:22, closed)