The Musings Of An Opinionated Sod [Help Me Grow!]

Now I appreciate, £66,500 is a lot of money.

Especially at a time when the world is facing economic pressures.

But this is for the Head of Digital Currency.

At the Central Bank of England.

On behalf of the Government’s Treasury Department.

Maybe I’m mad, but shouldn’t this position require someone of such economic and political standing … understanding and experience … that they can command a much, much higher salary than this?

I mean, I earn more than that and I got 2% in Mrs Kirk’s maths class.

Who is going to take this job?

Why are they going to take this job?

Who is going to decide who gets this job?

It’s just laughable.

Laughable … because this is coming from a Tory Government who claim to be the economical responsible party but have put the country into financial oblivion with delusional lies like Brexit.

Laughable … because the government is led by a PM who wants to kill the arts in favour of more maths classes, because he feels that will drive more earning potential for people.

Laughable … because an important financial position is hiring down to a price, rather than paying up to a standard.

As I said, I get almost 70 thousand pounds is a lot of money.

But for what we need, I doubt it’s anywhere near enough.

And here’s the thing … if we get someone who can actively help ensure our kids have a better chance of a better future than their parents – which currently is widely acknowledged as not being the case – then I’d be more than happy to see more of my taxes going to them. Because being fiscally responsible is not about how cheap you go, but how much value they offer.

That said, the bigger question is whether I trust whoever is responsible to hire this person … because not only did they decide what salary to offer, but they may also be as under-qualified as the person they want to hire or – more likely – another blinkered, arrogant and ignorant Tory who helped get us in this mess in the first place.