trnc spends 84 % of budget on wages of civil servants and pensions

doggiesteve


Joined: 06/10/2010
Posts: 265

Message Posted:
01/03/2011 09:00

Turkish Cypriot government allocates 84 percent of the budget to wages of civil servants and retired personnel.



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Geoff


Joined: 25/06/2008
Posts: 1370

Message Posted:
01/03/2011 09:29

Tough on the rest of the TRNC TC population!

Geoff

kavenkoy


Joined: 10/04/2008
Posts: 1787

Message Posted:
01/03/2011 09:31

well them sums dont stack up in the real world do they ?



no wonder big old turkey wants a few changes ....in business terms its well bust



kav

malsancak


Joined: 23/08/2009
Posts: 2874

Message Posted:
01/03/2011 09:38

apart from during the period 2003-2009 UBP, as is the case now, was in power. They therefore created this situation and now it has come to haunt them. How do you drastically cut voters' wages and pensions and expect them to vote for you at the next elections?

TRNCVaughan


Joined: 27/04/2008
Posts: 4578

Message Posted:
01/03/2011 11:42

"How do you drastically cut voters' wages and pensions and expect them to vote for you at the next elections?"

You don't. You put up local taxes so that the private sector picks up the tab whilst telling Turkey you have reduced the amount of subsidy spent on the public sector.

Lambousa Gordon


Joined: 03/11/2007
Posts: 1992

Message Posted:
01/03/2011 12:50

... and watch as the implosion of the private sector continues speedily to worsen...



We closed our betting shop (the third oldest in Cyprus) this year when the Government increased the monthly direct tax they wanted from approx TL2,500/month to over TL32,000/month - irrespective of actual turnover or revenue (substantially less than the tax wanted!).



Result: no tax whatsoever, 6 persons unemployed, no sosyal sigorta or pension fund, no daily expenses giving KDV.



40 other shops closed around the same time.

TRNCVaughan


Joined: 27/04/2008
Posts: 4578

Message Posted:
01/03/2011 12:57

What a dreadful state of affairs....

We surely don't expect civil servants to suffer when there are lots of private sector workers/companies to take the strain?

fiendishpaul


Joined: 18/05/2008
Posts: 1720

Message Posted:
01/03/2011 13:10

Gordon



You have summed it up perfectly.



Small wonder the country is in its' current state with decisions like that being made.



Are the politicians that short sighted or is it protect votes at all costs ?



The mind boggles !!!!!



Paul

Troodo


Joined: 12/06/2008
Posts: 1002

Message Posted:
01/03/2011 13:19

Britain was made great on the backs of small business, tax them out of existence by an over staffed and overpaid government and you get chaos – ring any bells?

phatnigel


Joined: 27/02/2011
Posts: 5

Message Posted:
01/03/2011 14:09

the old saying is never bite the hand that feeds you,its all the unions on this island that will cripple it,there are over 80 registered unions,why should turkey keep baleing them out

parkview



Joined: 12/03/2009
Posts: 1123

Message Posted:
02/03/2011 12:06

Government here over time just like Blair/Brown government in UK - not fit for purpose



Brown and Co created 800,000 public sector jobs (many of them non-jobs) plus mass immigration facilitated to ensure voted back in 3 times by people with vested interest



Just the same here - it needs a very strong politician to stand up to the Unions and entrenched positions...

Pixie


Joined: 18/03/2009
Posts: 489

Message Posted:
02/03/2011 13:06

Apparantly the govt spent their 2011budget on the 13th wage for 2010. Wages will not be paid after september 2011.

Troodo


Joined: 12/06/2008
Posts: 1002

Message Posted:
02/03/2011 13:46

The train is out of control and the Union affiliated driver is on strike, no one is left to put on the brakes so put your head between your legs and pray to your God.

rocking


Joined: 05/11/2008
Posts: 421

Message Posted:
02/03/2011 18:07

Then the heads of the Unions are paid by the Government !!!!!!!! As Richard Littlejohn would say 'you couldn't make it up'.