A Culture Of Dependency
Three things which always hold true – death, taxes and people don’t vote against their own interests. So, when their own interests involve keeping their government job, they’ll vote for a party of big government. That’s why at the General Election the payroll vote will bolster the core Labour vote, and that’s why the US is currently controlled by the Democrats. If you work for the government then you tend to vote for bigger government.
That’s why this chart from the US is very worrying:
The US seems to have passed a tipping point. A point……if not of no return then one of extreme peril. Every government job means less money going to the private sector where things are actually produced. These people won’t want to lose their benefits and lifestyle. If those who identify ourselves as right of centre want smaller government and less money in the government, that inevitably means cutting bureaucracy. That will mean cutting government workers and people don’t vote against their own self interest. Take another look at the graph. It’s scary.
@Bugger points out on Wrinkled Weasels blog that the number of dependent people added to the public payrole in UK pretty well matches the 30% of people who say they will still vote Labour.
Very scary, ASE.
I work for the government and I can assure you that there is no way on earth I would vote Labour. A lot may in other departments whereby there is a large union influence granted. What about the armed forces? I dont think many of them would vote Labour. When I was in the navy there was a small % who did but they tended to come from mining towns back in the 80s.