The clamour to cut public sector pay is based on myth

State incomes remain comparably low – calls for a freeze can't distract us from the real issue: outlandish executive pay.

The hue and cry has begun: cut, cut and cut again. Where to begin? With the pay of the 6 million public sector workers, naturally. The head of the Audit Commission has called for a pay freeze across the board, which amounts to a real cut with inflation running at 2%. A rumbling campaign to squeeze the gold-plated, feather-bedded public workforce has been led until now by the TaxPayers' Alliance, using conveniently deceptive figures.

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jul/06/public-sector-private-pay