Is global capitalism against the public sector?

I was on a panel last week at the Midlands SOLACE conference, taking part in a discussion about the future of chief executives but much of the debate was about the bad press councils get in the national media.
I thought one of the panellists, Kim Ryley, chief executive of Shropshire Council and president of SOLACE made an interesting observation. Kim had just returned from Australia and Canada where he had been invited by the local authority chiefs' associations there.
He maintained that local government received the same bad press and kicking as over there. He added: 'It's not just a UK issue. They don't have Eric Pickles but the language is the same. Global capitalism doesn't want to pay the taxes for the public sector and the media is happy to promulgate that view.'
Now we know that the Pickles/Shapps offensive against 'non jobs', chiefs' salaries and alleged waste in the UK is all part of their trashing the sector's reputation to avoid it receiving any public sympathy over spending cuts. But the idea that the private sector and big business/high finance internationally as well is also against taxes for public services and is running a campaign through a pliant media to denigrate the public sector is certainly a thought-provoking one.
Personally I don't believe it is clear cut as that. The private sector is a huge supplier to the public sector and as we know spending cuts have been a body blow to many companies with public sector contracts. The two sectors are entwined. But of course the views of businesses on the ground do not necessarily tally with those of multinationals for whom countries are flags of convenience and taxes to pay for their public services are a nuisance to be avoided. We may hear more of this discussion.