[Pazuzu]

Actually, I was simply saying that there are fewer workers now than before, and they're being overworked, so having to pay them more to keep them seems like the logical solution for public sector employers. I'm not really going any deeper than that...mostly a response to The Gaijin who feels that the public sector employees are making too much money these days. Sure, they might be, but with fewer of them, the total payroll isn't much different.