I have said it before government employees are going to be in for a rude awakening. I thought it would be in 20 years or so. The size of this economic downturn is the reason.
A retired couple I know and try not to talk to are appalled by a proposal that would make them pay 40% of their health care premiums. The both are retired school principles and for years have been bragging about their great pensions. They seem to be worried that their lifestyle may be in jeopardy.
They remind me of the union auto workers I know who have spent every penny they ever earned and then some.

It is a mistake to think businessmen are more immoral than politicians!
Keynes, 1937