It also suggests that an unattractive and misplaced sense of entitlement far beyond anything that the public purse could, or should, support is alive and well in this unfortunate, increasingly divided society.
The real, astronomical cost of public sector pensions has been highlighted in recent days. These figures confirm we already live in a two-tier society. Do public workers really think that divide won’t be exacerbated by asking all taxpayers to fund their pay “restoration” — a prospect as remote to most private-sector workers as Apollinaris Mons?
Someone must cry stop. Sanity — and social equity — must prevail.