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Board Economics
Re: Time to foot the bill
by
magneto
on 28/10/2021, 04:41:09 UTC
As I mentioned a while ago, and as it is obvious for everyone, the money printing and giveaways for furloughs and checks signed by "the president" party is not ended or about to end. And it is time for the hangover. Inflation rises, as it could not be otherwise. The private sector, particularly some sectors, are experiencing a demand of qualified workers and that means that salaries are likely to keep with inflation. However, the governments are playing with the idea of not keeping public salaries with inflation.

Depending on the country and the flexibility, this means that civil servants and public sector may become underpaid and those who actually have skills may leave to the private sector. As a result, I forecast that public services are going to deteriorate.

This is already happening across the world.

More and more people are leaving fixed jobs that are paying a measly salary that does not rise with inflation for higher risk, higher reward combinations.

The public sector is already very inefficient to put it nicely and without attractive remuneration I don't know how they can keep up with the demand for their services.