Here's a thought: all privately employed citizens should be capped at a meaningful lower tax rate than any municipal, provincial or federal level budget based employee.
1. private sector employees can bust their hump and take home more pay to spend as they see fit.         
2. Gov't coffers are shrunk. Spend our honey pot wisely. When Gov't cancels projects with Billion$$ penalties.....add a deduction line to all Gov't pay stubs, call it "that was a big mistake". Flipside, save money and add a percentage back on as "that was a great idea".  
3. Gov't employees  should be "taxed" for being a tax on private workers.  
Not happy with higher Gov't employed deductions....find something in public sector.