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Originally Posted by g jones
50% wage rises. I have got an accurate figure on mine from 2000-2008. 23.4% About 8% more than inflation or a 1% rise over inflation each year because the ecomomy has been doing so well 
BUDGET - You seem to be mixing things up and got confused about what went on.
1) Our budget was 2% by putting less away. There is £1.8million in the bank, well over the 5% required (£15m=750k). So why tax people for nothing? Our borrowing rates now are low. Rainy day = money out of people's pockets and I never thought I would hear Tories say that. Or that they suggest we subsidise nationalised industries.
2) It is not necessary, nor more importantly prudent to vote through a wish list on the night. Tories have the Council's full time officers 5 days a week doing theirs. We don't and I want our policies to be discussed by members of others parties and improved where a better idea exists. Voting through opposition policies on the night is yesterday's politics. |
My inflation figure was a national average and it is accurate. You can't just pick your own wage and say that it doesn't fit it hence my figures are wrong. Not even sure if that is your correct percentage, because on page 1 you said it was 18%
1) When you say 'required' what is it required for? You say rainy day is money out of peoples pockets, Gordon Brown didn't do it and look where thats got us. You should save in the times of plenty like other big countries. It's irresponsible to not plan for the future.
2) So you don't think an opposition should propose a budget? Three independents managed to produce a budget and I presume they're not allowed to use the full time officers either. In fact some of the independents ideas were included in the budget that was passed.
Since the only proposal in your 'budget' was a 2% tax rise rather than a 5% rise, I presume you agree with the rest of the budget? And what do you do next year to sustain it? Do you increase taxes by much more than 5% to make up for the shortfall, perhaps when the economy is worse off, giving people a real tax burden.