IN reply to AL Carter (HAS, Apr 12), should Gordon Brown have the audacity to raid the private sector pensions again, or need to raise more tax from the long-suffering taxpayer, maybe he should first raid the public sector pensions, to help level the playing field, giving some justice to all the pensioners who will suffer for Mr Browns "right"

decision.

There's an old saying: "There's no gain without pain". Well, the public sector gains while the private sector gets the pain, as always.

M Hawkins, Langley Park, Durham.