Are Doctors just greedy ba*tards?

[Storer]

The last Government changed doctors contracts in a way that substantially increased their income and reduced their hours worked for that income. They also set the very generous pension plan that doctors want to keep.

The current Government wants to change the retirement age in line with other sectors and the pension is still a very generous one. It is, after all, approximately double the national wage!

How can a public sector (all-be-it self employed) group be so blind to the greed this shows when many lower paid workers that could only dream of earning, while working, what doctors will receive as a pension
when they have retired after a well paid career?

[Storer]

The whole public sector remuneration and pension system needs to be slashed.

If I can afford a night away in a reasonable hotel it is full of ex-public sector employees on index linked pensions staying for the week/fortnight. This is self evident from conversations in the bar/restaurant.

I hope the Government has the strength to cut the public sector and cut it hard. We, as a country, cannot afford an over-paid public sector of over 18% of the working population. Every country in financial difficulty in Europe have a bloated public sector.