Posted on 01/16/2015 11:05:12 PM PST by Olog-hai
Britain deserves a pay rise, David Cameron said last night.
The Prime Minister said it was time for workers squeezed by years of austerity to get their reward.
It came as official statistics showed falling oil prices and the economic recovery have pushed firms’ profitability to a 16-year high.
Tory strategists hope an economic feel-good factor, buoyed by jobs growth and low inflation, will translate into stronger wage rises by May’s general election.
Asked whether he would encourage firms to pass on windfall profits from falling oil prices to employees, Mr. Cameron, in Washington for talks with Barack Obama, said: “Obviously I want to see companies’ success passed through in terms of wage increases.” …
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I see Obola has been over there schooling Cameron on the ways of Marxism.
Windfall profits are the things that get businesses through their next rough patches. Of course, being a professional politician, he's never earned a living, and has no common frame of reference. BTW -- with Cameron pushing faggotry and socialism, why not just vote for Labour?
No wonder BHO likes him.
If workers “deserve a rise,” then cut their taxes.
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