DIvide and conquer -- media plays private v public

Vested interest groups say that the government tries to pit them off each other. While it suits the government by deflecting attention away from them, its the Unions that massage the public v Private divide more then anybody. Their ignorant stance with relation to the state of the economy (dont reduce costs, just get more loans to sustain pay etc) and delusional economic suggestions make it impossible for the rest of us, outside their protected bubble, not to get angry . .

As soon as anger sets in, since nobody cares who started what, the government get blamed for starting it to deflect any meaningful debate on the wafer thin indeals of the Unions.

Nothing gets debated, everybodys unhappy and nobody gets anything constructive solved . . Except maybe the Unions who frighten the government into making the rest of us keep public service salaries and benefits propped up . .

There is no "attack" on public servants. Their is a financial crisis. Comparing the Irish Government to differant sectors of private sector is futile. Any private sector company struggling financially (like the government) reduces its costs and salaries and employees to fit its situation. What the Union want is the rest of the country to subsidise their employers dire financial status. Its quite simply no differant to bailing out the banks on a differant level. Ignore the harsh reality of the economic state of the country so we can protect a portion of the population at everybody elses expense. There really is no other way of putting it.