Originally Posted by
harpic
Well said BIG MACH.
Civil service pensions; which of course include Police, Health Service, the Military etc...etc is or are the elephant in the sitting room. Gordon Brown is in fact raiding private sector pensions to fund the public sector. It's unfair, criminal and fraudulent. You've got one sector of the population who contribute very little to the nation's wealth being subsidised by the sector that does contribute whilst "enjoying" far less security.
Oh dear me, you Biggles types need to give your googles a wipe with your silk scarves and have a look and see what century it is out there (surely even the Daily Mail gets the date right?).
Back in the real world the Civil Service isn't a job for life, with widespread casualisation and short-term contracts, and those final salary pensions have been used as the justification for years of below inflation pay rises and salaries below market rates.
Don't fall for the oldest trick in the book, divide and rule...