That is a particularly deceptive way to describe the situation, but at least you are not hiding your bias. The reality is that the public demands more and more

That is a particularly deceptive way to describe the situation, but at least you are not hiding your bias. The reality is that the public demands more and more from public service employees but then throws a complete hissy-fit when it comes time to raise taxes to keep government salaries even vaguely competitive with private salaries so that they can fill those jobs with more than the bottom of the barrel. The way the government hides the ongoing pay increases is by offering those employees more generous pensions. Now this cycle of holding down above the line payroll costs by padding pensions is starting to break down and so people are starting to notice.