Public sector salaries, benefits, sick days, early retirement with gold-plated pensions, over-staffing are completely out of control, and the status quo is not addressed, period.  To add insult to injury, it's written in black and white that these bloated salaries are necessary to attract talented people in order to do the job properly.  
Wouldn't it be interesting to see these pampered public sector employees work in the private sector!  I would bet they wouldn't last, because they're weakened -- from years of cushy jobs and taking many 'sick days' -- and are nothing but milquetoast.
When are we going to elect a government that isn't afraid to aggressively streamline the number of employees, and cut pays and inflated benefits, to give the beleaguered taxpayers some breathing space!