That's because you love watching me argue with all the conservative voters on here 
Odd, you come across as one of them, with a rolled up copy of the Daily Mail being shaken in one fist, a poorly spelled letter of complaint being waved in the other.
Public sector pay has accelerated away from that of the private sector alarmingly in the last decade.
It needs to be reined in.
Huge contributions to snivil servant's pensions need to be cut back, too.
They need to work until retirement age, the same as the rest of us.
Unless the top roles attract private sector competitive packages then they won't attract the top-flight people who should be the guiding hands of our elected representatives. These roles need to be remunerated in a performance-related manner, though. If the council fails on objective, outside-set-and-measured performance targets then big chunks of the high-level execs packages simply don't get paid, or have their contracts terminated.
The same goes for councillors and MPs - these people need to be properly remunerated, or you won't attract good quality people who will fulfill the roles competently and in a relatively moral way, acting in the best interests of their constituents.
There have been some completely disgusting contracts for things like 'interim executives' around here, which are being terminated, thanks to the freedom of information Act. I've also seen party-affiliated councillors refusing to vote on key issues for their constituents because it's not the will of their party - always a delight to make them admit in a public meeting that they won't vote as their constituents clearly want.
The public sector has been massively bloated over the last decade. It must be trimmed and down-sized appropriately. It's going to hurt at the top and the bottom and in the middle. This is similar to the pain being experienced in most areas of the private sector too. We're all in this together, it hurts, deal with it.
I may deliberately over fill my wheely bin and when the jobs worth bin man moans I shall say "no wonder you are all being sacked"
You're a bit stupid aren't you? The refuse collectors are normally a private firm working under contract, competitively tendered.
