Wage Increases Every Year!

Gordon Brown wants to see 2% increases for public sector workers. How wrong can he be! What is really needed is a complete wage freeze. Not only in the public sector but also the private sector unless your performance generates more wealth.We have to actually ask the question why do we think that every year without fail we deserve an increase in our earnings. Consider that if you do get an increase how much is taken away by income tax and national insurance!As for pensions I have to tell you that my pension this year has increased by the Retail Price Index and therefore over 4%, and that is received without me actually doing any work whatsoever. Yet workers are expected to accept 2%. How fair is that.As for pensions then it is becoming more obvious with every passing day that pensions must be linked to an average earnt over the last ten working years and not on the final salary.