One Rule For Them - Another For Us!

In its wisdom, the Government has decided that MP’s do not have to supply receipts to justify their exorbitant claims for expenses. These may include items such as flowers for their homes, window cleaning or any other frivolous fancy that they may have in any particular day.
Over the past year, there have been numerous examples of these parasites filling their boots at the expense of us, the ordinary taxpayer! Who can forget Derek Conway, a former government whip paying his son, Frederick, a salary equivalent to £981 a month from the parliamentary staffing allowance, despite being a full-time undergraduate at university at that time. And he was not the only one....... Malcolm Bruce, Liberal Democrat, has in the past paid his wife Rosemary £28,500 a year. Whilst Sir Stuart Bell, Labour, has employed his wife Margaret for £35,000 a year. At the time, they all claimed that the arrangements fully complied with the rules.
Well, in my mind these rules stink more than a public toilet!
Of course, there was much talk from the Commons about cleaning up their affairs and being more accountable but as is the norm, these comments were just words with no real intentions.
This latest announcement means that MPs have been given a green light for legalised theft and they can steal from the taxpayers without any recourse as there is nothing we can do.
As the Director of a small business, I can assure you that none of my employees can claim expenses without a receipt for two reasons:- 1. It’s not viable for the business to hand over money that is not justified; and 2. The company accountants and the taxman just won’t let me.
Every disabled person in this country who claims a benefit or funding has to prove time and time again what monies they have access to, expenses they have, monies that are in savings etc and I can see no plausible reason why our elected MPs who preach to us on a daily basis can’t do the same.