Millions of public sector workers face losing 'gold-plated pensions' - MailOnline - 26/08/09

So what! Everybody is tightening their belts while MPs and practically anyone else in the public sector including millions of "paper carriers" in Town Halls and government offices are whistling in the air, as if the current economic crisis has passed them by. More than six years ago my employer decided pure and simply to cancel our private pension scheme to save themselves lots of money and not giving it a iota of thought about us the employees, even when we offered to raise our own contributions! Public sector employees, including those worth their salt (millions have been placed there for political (correctness) reasons rather their ability!) have had it too good for too long. Time to face the reality like the rest of us.