Wales - "One in Four work for the State"

Listening to the coverage of the Welsh Assembly elections on TV this morning, one of the statements made was that one in four people in Wales works for is employed by the state.
A good job the country gets buckets of money from the English Taxpayer! I can't imagine real workers in Wales being very happy with the thought that a third of the money that they earn has to go straight to the government to pay the wages of these state workers employees!
The sooner Wales has full independence, the better!