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It's a rough guide, very rough. If someone puts a dent in my car and I pay someone to pull it out, money has moved hands but the nation is not richer and my car is just the same as it was before, but it shows up as GDP. An increase in teacher pension payments would increase GDP, and increase the...

Yes they contribute to the GDP figure, but so do the benefits paid to the job less, higher taxes and higher wages brings a bigger GDP, but the nation is not any better off.

Sounds like because you are on a shit wage with no pension you don't want to pay through taxes for public sector workers to have better? In privatised services, the workers get lesser benefits, but shareholders expect a dividend and you pay for them with your utility bills etc. One way or...

Phenomenal Trade Union Leader, I would love to have had him representing my interests with any employer. A bit of a stretch to laud him for safety and keeping fares low though. Safety measures that reduced staff would not have had his backing, and fares could be a lot lower if drivers did more...