All that said, we believe this plan offers the best prospects upon which to build the four annual budgets needed to get us through this crisis with growth, jobs and support for those in the productive private sector. Ultimately, we must look to such people for net job creation as we reform our public services, not because we devalue or diminish their importance and that of those working in such services, but because we need an affordable model in future with the necessary reforms outlined. That will secure the future for ourselves and our children.

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