Raw deal for rank-and-file public servants the real cause of resentment

TERRY PRONE is to be commended for her column (September 8) defending civil service administrators who, she thinks, have been made scapegoats for the current ills of the economy.

They are a soft target, and Ms Prone is quite right in pointing out how unfair it is to smear large numbers of workers in this country because of the source of their pay cheque.

While she is correct in stating that the public service may not have caused the recession, the question must be asked, why has the public sector been made a scapegoat in the first place?