I’ve been engaged in a debate with Creaking Door on another thread, I say our priority must be getting people back into work, CK keeps coming back with we can’t create non-jobs, I agree totally and you sir in a couple of lines provide the answer.

Most of the chief execs for managing oversupply of paper clips all seem to be on megabucks with pa, secretary, car expense account etc and yet the individual who actually does the work is just one person who orders all stationary and probably paid buttons.

Clear the plethora of people whose main focus is empire building and we would be well on the way to turning things around, the added benefit would be the obvious in that we could probably employ a dozen people doing work that needs doing for every one of the superfluous chiefs.