Public sector workers don't have to buy new cars. They get them for free, like their pensions.
A guy in a garage told me.
Public sector workers don't have to buy new cars. They get them for free, like their pensions.
A guy in a garage told me.
I know new car sales are down 65% to 70% this year , according to reports. I heard though that of the new 2009 cars that were sold this year, three quarters were to public sector workers of one type or another ( people whose job and pension was guaranteed by the government ).
Any truth in that rumour?
I know from a friend who has a quality clothes shop in a smallish town (where everyone knows most people ) that most sales there over the past six months follow the same pattern.
Thank God someone is spending money anyway or the government would have no tax coming in at all.
Why? The OP said it was just an opinion he heard and asked if anyone else had a similar view. He didn't present it as fact.I know its early in the year but this gets my nomination for Most Stupid Thread of the Year!
Why? The OP said it was just an opinion he heard and asked if anyone else had a similar view. He didn't present it as fact.
I think the OP's real intention was to kick off a load of rants along the lines of...." Those Public sector B***ards can afford new cars and we can't!"
I agree it is a silly thread. It is one of those on the same kind of "urban legend" basis similar to the ones where people actually belive immigrants get free cars(!) or dump buggies at bus stops because they dont want to carry them on the bus(!)
I heard raw rabbit tastes great on toast is there any truth to that rumour.
Public sector workers don't have to buy new cars. They get them for free, like their pensions.
A guy in a garage told me.
Is this not a case of media initiated urban legend.
Guy works in a car showroom. Sales are down. Reads in paper that the only people with money are public servants. Therefore deduces that the only sales he is making must be to public servants.
Noah's post saying that most of the private sector are unemployed is also a sympthom of this. In spite of the downturn, 90% of people are still in work.
All this doom and gloom stuff can be overplayed a bit. Yes, certain sectors of the economy are suffering a lot, most sectors are suffering mildly due to trickle down effects, but there are still people out there doing well and making money. Everyone seems to know a friend of a friend or an acquaintance etc. etc. who has been hit hard by the recession. Question everyone needs to ask themselves is if they personally are doing badly? I know you may be down some earnings, but are you really on the breadline? I suspect in most cases the answer is no.
The fact is no one knows who is buying cars. It is foolish to deduce that the only sales are to public servants.
I wonder why the two most popular cars (Toyato and Ford) have such a different percentage drop of nearly 10%. Toyota down 65% and Ford 54%, maybe one should buy a Suberu as they have the lowest percentage drop, there must be a reason for this?
The only person closely related to me who purchased a car recently (last week) bought it as they had lost their job and company car. Maybe Rabbit you could ask a different question, who has purchased a car in the last 6 months and are you a civil servant.