The MPs (Member of Parliament) -for those who don't know what this acronym stands for- in the UK where MPs have claimed as expenses large screen TVs, payment for the gardener hundreds of thousands of pounds in tax-payers money is nothing short of theft.
It has claimed the job of Speaker of the house of Commons and also recently the leader of the Liberal Democratic party.
Most governments give their representatives perks and privileges that the ordinary citizen wouldn't get all in the name of "preventing corruption".
The idea is that our public servants should get perks like choice parking spots , gold plated medical insurance while there 45 million uninsured in the US , immunity from arrest! and host of other perks because in the private sector salaries are much higher.
That might be the case but so is job stress, stress that you can be fired anytime unlike elected representatives who can't be "fired" until the next election, and even that!
No wonder in third world countries and also in developed countries (but much less so) there is so much attraction to become an elected representative.
In the 21st century, there should be more transparency. All salaries and perks, expense claims should be published in the internet and not be forced to be disclosed only as a result of freedom of information act briefs.
The tax-payers have the right to know how their taxpaying dollars or pounds are being spent.
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