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She takes care of the elderly and supports fat cats
Tekst 9
| Nowadays we are constantly asked to |  | |
| believe that market forces make the | ||
| world go round. | ||
| It is made out that money is the main | ||
| reason people go to work and that all | ||
| other motives are secondary. | ||
| Yet a moment’s thought should tell us | ||
| that if this were true we would all be in | ||
| trouble. | ||
| Many of the people upon whom we all | ||
| depend to take care of the sick, the | ||
| disabled or the elderly are very poorly | ||
| paid. Some carers are paid so little they | society. | |
| actually qualify for income support. Most | But privatisation usually means that | |
| are women. | public servants get paid less or work | |
| Their chief reason for going to work | longer hours. So that a percentage of the | |
| each day is not money - even though this | money (your money) meant for public | |
| is important to them - but simple | services can go to shareholders and fat | |
| humanity. | cats who see profitability as the only | |
| Now, all kinds of public services, | measure of success. | |
| including sheltered homes for the elderly, | It is, of course, politicians who have | |
| are gradually being privatised. | made this happen. | |
| We are told that privatisation will | Perhaps it’s time they were reminded | |
| somehow improve the standard of work | that there are other forces quite as | |
| provided by carers as well as other public | powerful as the market. | |
| servants who perform the many tasks | And that one of them is the ballot box. | |
| that we think of as essential in a civilised | ||
| UNISON | ||