Reducing the State

Many persons claim that the Portuguese State Machine (the administrative machine that runs the country from an executive point of view) is too big for the size of the country - and they are right! But people should understand what it means - it means to cut Public employees wages and benefits, to dismiss a relevant number of them, to cut committees, cabinets, ... and the people that work there. This is necessary and will happen - and it will mean unemployment, at least until the Private sector generates enough growth to absorb a number of these people!

P.S- It will also mean that people that remain working in the State Machine (is this my own expression?) will need to work more. Unavoidable and logical. Period.

http://economia.publico.pt/Noticia/cavaco-silva-corte-dos-subsidios-e-a-violacao-de-um-principio-de-equidade-fiscal--1517228