Please, oh please break your promise. It should never been made in the first place. It was and always will be unsustainable. Public sector is not different than private when it comes to sacrifice. Private sector already took the hit, time for public sector to do the same.
“Private sector already took the hit, time for public sector to do the same.”
They don’t get it. They keep getting told (and believing it) they are “heros” for their service. They will not understand, or be able to cope when they are no longer employable, even in a charity government position.
How come nobody ever lauds the “heroic efforts of the private sector taxpayer” to pay for all our state, local, and federal tax burdens?