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handofdave wrote:
So what you're saying is that deprivations to people in the private sector should be setting a benchmark for everyone else.

To me, this attitude of 'I got it bad, so in fairness you should too' is exactly what the corporate masters of the world love to see.... people squabbling and pointing fingers anywhere but in their direction.

I've been watching this rank and file conservative view grow over the years (anti-union, pro-corporate) and it's very disturbing to me. It's hastening the destruction of the middle class. Once that demographic has been eliminated, democracy and economic justice will be a memory.

Until (unless...) we have a revolution... ?

Yes, with you so far...so..what is the answer? as Lawrence suggests..is it a "revolution"?
Putting politics to one side..there is no doubt that public sector workers will now facing the same kind of austerity as that which the private sector have for the last few years.
I cant help coming back to simple economics that..unless you print money...you need money that you can profitabley earn...to fund whatever you need to fund. If you cant afford to do that, you tax. So if we have "over borrowed"..a measure of cost-cutting and tax-increases, doesn't sound too outlandish, in principle.
I have to give the ConLib/LibCon co. a brownie point though - at least I have a good idea about where they are going (whether I like it or not)...and that is a massive departure from the Blair-Brown era of government.