Sir, - Just as public servants begin to queue at the metaphorical ATM machine, Minister McCreevy has chosen to urge moderate expectations on all. Could this be the same Minister for Finance who sanctioned the earlier "smash and grab" by politicians? If so, he clearly belongs to the "do as I say and not as I do" school of leadership. - Yours, etc.,
Sean Higgins, Drogheda, Co Louth.