Source: BC Stats website Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General . If you consider the total provincial budget is about $41 billion and the public sector compensation is about $24 billion, this would mean that 58% of all taxes raised in the province go to pay wages, benefits and pensions etc. of the public sector.
This means the province has not paved any roads, built any hospitals, seniors care facilities, schools etc. etc. before they have spent nearly 60% of every tax dollar collected! Is that a sustainable model, or are we headed down the road of Greece?
That sounds about right. I don't think it's unreasonable at all.
ReplyDeleteDo you ever propose solutions or have to deal with the realities of being public employee or running a city or running a province? Or do you just prefer to sit back and speculate about things you don't like and assume you know best and everyone else is incompetent?
You blog is a great source of information about local events but you're so negative. You're really opinionated and bias, which is fine I suppose, this is your blog. But you do know there are other people out there with different views which are often every bit as valid as your own don't you?
In fact, sometimes they're much better informed as well... Like when you think VIU students not opting into mandatory buses reflects poorly on youth in general. WTF? Is that your honest opinion?
I'd love to see you try and defend that in an open discussion!