MPs snouts firmly back in trough

ModernSlave

In the middle of a recession, this is how our great leaders choose to lead by example.

http://timesonline.typepad.com/politics/2009/01/a-good-day-to-a.html

Remember the clampdown on MPs expenses which was promised after it emerged Derek Conway was paying his sons to work for him? Well a year later, and on a busy newsday, Harriet Harman has watered down almost all the restrictions.

John_Pierpoint

Perhaps the rest of us should be allowed to claim business expenses against tax on the same basis.

PasturesNew

Why can't they see that they're greedy and we don't all get these perks?

What makes them so different that they would stay in a posh hotel when on business, yet I'd have to do an 18 hour travelling day to save my boss £50-70 on a Travelodge room?

How come they get to eat great food (frequently) on expenses, when your average business pays £20/day if you're staying away for a whole day and overnight?

They should operate on similar rules to normal businesses.

leveller2911

In my opinion they are "SCUM" without exception, They all milk the system and I just hope they get what they deserve.:mad:

One up from "pond life and !!!!!!,s "...

Yes I feel very strongly about our political masters....If the above offends anyone on here, TOUGH !!! .:rolleyes:

leveller2911

PasturesNew wrote: »

Why can't they see that they're greedy and we don't all get these perks?

What makes them so different that they would stay in a posh hotel when on business, yet I'd have to do an 18 hour travelling day to save my boss £50-70 on a Travelodge room?

How come they get to eat great food (frequently) on expenses, when your average business pays £20/day if you're staying away for a whole day and overnight?

They should operate on similar rules to normal businesses.

And why is it they can live within easy commuting distance and still claim expenses for a 2nd home?. Yes they may be needed in the "house" for an important vote, but how often??? and I know one that only lives an hour from London ............

Words cannot describe how the I feel about them.............:mad:

Kenny4315

Another load of highly paid useless !!!!!!£rs. Wrote to my MP a few weeks back and re-wrote to him without reply. The country and world has gone mad. Cut down the countries political gravy train costs by 60% and we'll see a decision making improvement as well. Most MP's a simply just a waste of space.

As I said on another thread, benefits/wages/etc throughout the Uk are just too high, and it's no wonder that firms are taking jobs and putting them in China, India, etc. The harsh reality is the countries in a real mess and it's going to take a big shakeout to sort this SH*T out.

PasturesNew

If I could change the world tomorrow, I'd do the following for starters:
- reduce ridiculous expenses of MPs
- remove CTC and WTC, which has been used in a way it was never intended
- give EVERYBODY a flat rate income to live on
- introduce a flat tax rate of income tax
- make the standard working week 3 days, so more people get to have a job.

That way if you worked you'd see immediate extra income ... and there'd be no wast on huge tax departments and all that nonsense of taxing some people, then giving some back which is adjusted several times a year and often hitting them with a letter saying they were overpaid and have to pay it back immediately.

The only question is: making sure only the RIGHT people get the flat rate income to start with (no fraudsters/illegals).

torontoboy45

bad enough for a lab. gov. daring to dilute the original plans but we await press statments on the matter form the opposition parties.

they can't all be the same, can they.....?

FungusFighter

The Americans have the right idea, kick 'em out after 2 terms :j

Look how bent the Tories became, power corrupts:eek:

baby_boomer

I believe that the Tories are intending to end the MPs' final salary pension scheme for new entrants (there'll be a lot of those after the next election) if they are elected.

The pension scheme is the MPs' biggest perk.

Parliament has no chance of reforming other final salary public sector pension schemes unless it puts its own house in order first.

Masomnia

baby_boomer wrote: »

I believe that the Tories are intending to end the MPs' final salary pension scheme for new entrants (there'll be a lot of those after the next election) if they are elected.

The pension scheme is the MPs' biggest perk.

Funny that. Those currently in the house benefit, get a political gain with a populist measure, and screw over those that follow them. Nice.