24th April 2007, 01:50 PM
Posted by Voice of Reason:
In terms of whether the government can do anything about it - well, they may be able to do something about formal recognition as professionals (chartered status?). Specifically on wages, we live in a market economy, and the government don't regulate wages in the commercial sector.
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Quote:quote:...wouldn't energies be better spent focusing on something which might have an effect, rather than spending time completing, and mobilising people to complete, petitions to people who a. don't care and b. can't do anything about it.Well, the government is made up of politicians. They only care about anything if they are convinced that voters care about it. I understand that politicians operate on the principle that for every person that writes to them on a given topic, somewhere from 10 to 100 people care about the topic. Presumably there is a similar calculation for petitions.
In terms of whether the government can do anything about it - well, they may be able to do something about formal recognition as professionals (chartered status?). Specifically on wages, we live in a market economy, and the government don't regulate wages in the commercial sector.
1man1desk
to let, fully furnished