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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
Bernard, that is another subject altogether.
Oh, I see now, you mean financially poor councillors.....I was on completely the wrong track there for a minute.
While I do not believe that politicians should become poorer as a result of the pursuit of their duties, I do not think that they should see the tax payer as a cash cow, and someone who will pay up to feather their nests.
I don't think they realise the level of unrest this situation has created, and that is because a lot of them are far removed from the realities that the rest of us grapple with on a daily basis.
They should be made to live on a basic pension, or invalidity benefit for a few weeks and then they would find it easy to live off their salaries.
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I Don't disagree with a lot you say. Although I am sure you would agree it's not all M.Ps who have been abusing the system.
One of the most disturbing aspects is that some M.Ps who have clearly been abusing the system, don't accept that they might just have been doing something wrong.