Running Down

I'm just waiting for a long document to print off and so, instead of simply listening to the barrage of fireworks outside my office, am distracting myself with a quick read of a few blogs.

I've just come across this marvellous comment on Sarah Carey's GUBU: it seems Sarah is a bit stuck for anything to say and so put out a call for 'what should she write about' suggestions. One commenter, 'Crocodile' made a few remarks about why it is that, if the public sector is so darn cozy, people aren't queuing up to work there. So far so ok. Then he comes up with this excellent comment. Even if you disapprove of the sentiment, the analogy is wonderful!:

"public sector pensions haven’t improved over the last ten years, it’s just that private companies have been moving the pension goalposts in favour of shareholders and against the interests of employees. I just find it fascinating - and I don’t have a defined benefit pension - that so many people think the logical outcome is to bring public pensions down instead of protecting or improving private ones. Reminds me of my 3-year-old neice: she and her brother got bikes for Christmas, but hers got run over by her dad’s car. The solution seemed logical to her - dad should drive the car over her brother’s bike too."

OK. It helps if you approve of the sentiment....

Submitted by Ciarán on Wed, 31/10/2007 - 20:05
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