PAUL KILCULLEN,
Sir, - I am self-employed in the private sector. Many people like me have seen their incomes plummet in the past year due to lack of contracts and fierce competition for those that are being awarded. We have also seen our pension funds take a hammering recently, making us even poorer.
Are we now going to have to fork out additional tax to pay for the absurd awards made under benchmarking, on top of the very generous PPF, to the cosy, cocooned and cossetted public sector workers with their secure employment and index-linked pensions?
Perhaps we should emulate the farmers and the tourism sector and demand that the Government bail us out with millions of euro in hand-outs. Fat chance! - Yours,etc.,
PAUL KILCULLEN,
Laureleen,
Stillorgan,
Co Dublin.