Reheat,
I have replied on similar threads, but as you intimate, most people who have lot's to gain or loose by the outcome of this situation are more than happy to bury their collective heads in the sand hoping that it will all go away.
They will continue to either ignore the situation, or make weak justifications in the hope that they have their money before everything falls over.
There have been numerous high profile cases of this mentality in the past, eg. Enron, Rover. The only difference is that this time it is the final salary pension masses.
Of course government employees have the upper hand, they just get to put your taxes up. The private sector have a far trickier juggling act to do!
