How to cut $6 billion off the Irish deficit by reducing public sector wages

I'm living in the US and have been following the demise of Ireland for the last few years. It's a disgrace what these guys are doing and I can't believe that people are sitting around waiting for them to fix it. "They caused the problem" so why are the people still waiting. It's about time young people stood for office and to start a campaign to rid the country of the "Old Boy" network. These guys will take their fat salaries and go off into the sun on the backs of the people. Stand up for God's sake, Stand up people and do something about it.

Brilliant article,Molly. You took the words out of my mouth. ... the salaries and costs are truly astronomical. Good comments too. @sirperet Yes, but the foul fowl who put them there could 'vote for Christmas'. @ Tony B. great idea: Michael O'Leary, given a free hand, would sort it all out in a month! I can see it now: Senators on the dole queue,TD's clocking in to their standing room 'seats' clutching a euro for the toilet in their sweating trotters and then waiting at a bus stop in the rain to get home. Anyone still objecting could be cattle-prodded onto remote controlled 'Coffin Air-ships' and droped off in the mid-Atlantic. THAT would do for a start!

great idea ,i would love to see all public sector wages reduced , and all of there expenses also..when i travel to work , i have to pay my own costs , and i dont earn alot , so i think that those on a higher income should pay there own way also , instead of dipping into the honest tax payers contributions..

It all sounds good to me,but it's a bit like turkeys voting for Christmas,See Capitalism is about taking money from the ordinary person,taking from the rich,that's very Socialist thinking.

Great idea....great article....makes too much sense....I don't think anyone has the balls to implement such measures, maybe Michael O'Leary....just maybe.