September 14, 2012Dear SirThe Progressive Labour Party accuse the One Bermuda Alliance of wanting to introduce austerity measures upon the Bermuda public as their answer to balancing the budget and reducing the debt. Are the PLP totally blind? I would suggest that the vast majority of ordinary Bermudians in the private sector are already living somewhat austere lives as they try to deal with the financial and social implications of the PLP’s failed policies that drove international business away and their reckless spending of our own and borrowed monies. The only segment of workers that aren’t hurting are the Civil Servants who have not only retained their jobs, full salaries and benefits, but even got a pay rise.We all know its electioneering and while both parties have pledged not to make any Civil Servant redundant, whoever wins the general election will likely reduce the Civil Service working week to three or four days, with proportional pay for all non-essential workers. I suspect that non-essential workers will make up the vast majority of the number and it’s about time to because we cannot afford the current cost of this bloated Government. If they don’t like the reduced income they can leave and try to find work in the private sector. Good luck with that! I’d also ask the winning party to ban general union meetings that disrupt the public’s ability to go about their business during normal working hours, 8am to 6pm, and that if any Government worker decides to go on strike because they don’t like being in the same financial position as the people who pay their salaries and wages, then fine. Don’t pay them and I doubt they’d be missed, apart from the garbage collectors, god bless them, and we can save a little extra money.ALL FOR ONE ...Pembroke