feather-bedding

This gets the point of why so many tax payers resent the public sector feather-bedding: it used to be that one traded opportunity for security in a public sector job, but over the last decade or so, public sector salaries and benefits have become so generous that they are both more lucrative and more secure than average private sector jobs — and that cushy deal comes at the expense of private sector tax payers.

Matthew Yglesias » The Government Makes the Stuff We Need 2009

This gets the point of why so many tax payers resent the public sector feather-bedding: it used to be that one traded opportunity for security in a public sector job, but over the last decade or so, public sector salaries and benefits have become so generous that they are both more lucrative and more secure than average private sector jobs — and that cushy deal comes at the expense of private sector tax payers.

Matthew Yglesias » The Government Makes the Stuff We Need 2009

Abolished in last year's bailout were the worst abuses: the Jobs Bank that paid workers not to work, ridiculous medical benefits that no other Americans have, and many feather-bedding work rules.

Get Ready for the GM IPO 2010

Well if she thinks that feather-bedding Scotland just so Labour can have a better shot at staying in power, whilst we have no say about how it is spent and whilst the Scottish Parliament could raise a fair chunk of this cash for itself by upping local tax rates, is going to last indefinitely, then I suspect that she is going to be disabused of the notion before long.

Archive 2007-08-26 2007

Many English people who want the Union to continue find it increasingly hard to do so when faced with the assumption that we English should and must feel like feather-bedding Scotland for ever and a day when Scots ought to be made to live in the real world and pay their way.

Alex Salmond Must Explain 2007

It is plain wrong that as taxpayers are struggling to make ends meet, their hard-earned money is being used to support public-sector feather-bedding.

Going down the tube 2009

Politicians fixate on plans to alleviate poverty and at the same time create the very infrastructures, policies and institutions to enhance corrupt opportunities ... actual honesty gains zero ratings in recruitment and appointments where 'palanka' and the benefit of 'padrinos' eliminates any concern for actual job qualifications or competence in government officials who will consequently stone-wall any effort to cause waves or disturb their comfortable feather-bedding.

Make no mistake about it, there's an all-out war going on out there! 2009

Many English people who want the Union to continue find it increasingly hard to do so when faced with the assumption that we English should and must feel like feather-bedding Scotland for ever and a day when Scots ought to be made to live in the real world and pay their way.

Archive 2007-08-05 2007

Once they have decided to do some more feather-bedding, what is more, the Scottish Executive does not seem much inclined to worry too much how the money is actually spent.

Archive 2007-10-14 2007

Once they have decided to do some more feather-bedding, what is more, the Scottish Executive does not seem much inclined to worry too much how the money is actually spent.

Barnett Formula News 2007