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Public versus Private Pensions – everybody gets to lose…

Sometimes we hear how people in the public sector make more than the private sector, or that big private sector earners don’t pay enough tax. This is a simple divide and conquer strategy where the end game is to make us all less well off in order for the Government to hold on to more […]

Sun on Sunday 24th June 2012

We often hear that people in the public sector are overpaid. Typically the argument then turns towards the ‘fat cats’ and then quickly deteriorates into a ‘them’ vs ‘us’ debate, and depending on your employment type you take a certain side.