Originally Posted by
griffin
Bronwyn Bishop used a $5,000 helicopter to fly 60-90 minutes from Melbourne to Geelong last week... which is actually allowed under politician entitlements, but doesn't look good when a car for a couple hundred dollars could have been more appropriate when she's part of the party that is trying to tell us that we have to cut spending as a nation.
(both sides do it though, so it isn't just Liberals doing it... each politician goes on first-class overseas holidays that are paid by Tax-payers as long as they do something "official" while away, like a public speaking event or meeting up with a politician)
Politicians get so many tax-payer funded entitlements, that their salary only makes up about half of what they earn/spend each year... and since the major parties (including the Greens) benefit so much from it, no party will ever put in any serious restrictions.
It's what you get when you let people dictate their own entitlements without anyone to stop them. It's almost like the perfect career for scam-artists, as they just need to get elected, and they are pretty much set for life and there are no requirements to do anything until the next election.
. One of my big problems with it was that it was for transportation for a Liberal Party fundraiser - not for official Speaker business
The memes going around have been quite amusing.
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