Quite right mate.
Given that much of the developed world went down the toilet financially it's hard to see that we can blame our politicians especially for doing what everyone else's commissars were up to anyhow - but on principle I think politicians ought to be kicked anyway.
Hitting the public sector pay, conditions and pensions has been an easy fix for the government, and as has been pointed out when the private sector booms again the public sector won't enjoy a similar upswing in fortunes.
What I will NEVER understand is how, when the focus of attention moves from one group to another, eg from hammering the troops to having a pop at the CS, or nurses, teachers (!), firemen, whoever stops being whipped joins in to condemn the new target group.
I doubt the strike will have any effect, but good luck.
Dave