Those of you who have taken my advice to GET A GOVERNMENT JOB, the next thing you might want to do is start building barricades. This private sector/public sector conflict might get nasty. So at any rate says “Buttonwood,” global-finance columnist for The Economist (online for subscribers):

The battle then is between taxpayers and public-sector workers, with the former broadly represented by right-wing parties (the Republicans in America, the Conservatives in Britain) and the latter by left-wing ones (the Democrats and Labour). Even if the right-wing parties win the argument in the legislature, they could still lose on the streets, if strike action forces governments to back down.

Aux armes, citoyens!