Public sector myths (Part 94)

From the comments over at LabourHome:

I can't help but think of healthcare assistants, teaching assistants, binmen, groundsmen and care workers etc who make up the vast bulk of the public sector.

But they don't!

Only about one quarter of the eight million taxpayer funded jobs fall into the above categories i.e. 'doing something identifiable and of value'. Heck knows what the other six million do all day long.