Well Fellow Aussies, are you feeling as though you've been shafted where your mother never kissed you?
After reading an article on my News Feed a few minutes ago my arse hole is definitely feeling as though it's been well and truly 'screwed.'
Herr Von Cormann, ex-Finance Minister to 'Uncle ScumMo &Co. is jaunting around Europe campaigning for a cushy top job in the O.E.C.D., traveling in an R.A.A.F. Jet and all this is estimated to be costing US, the Australian Peoples, a nice little sum of 4,300 dollars PER HOUR.
NO JOKE here, I said FOUR THOUSAND, THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS EVERY HOUR, yes, that's approx. $71.60 per MINUTE and approx.$1.19 per SECOND and that does NOT include any of his Parliamentary Pension that he is entitled to that we also are paying for and will STILL be paying even when and if he gets this cushy little job.
Nice, isn't it, we go on the Pension and WE are no longer permitted to work UNLESS it is as Volunteer or IF we get paid for making a few quid extra then WE must declare it, we MUST pay TAX on it AND WE WILL lose some of our Pension.
But here's the Crunch, Politicians ARE the Golden Children, they have DIFFERENT Rules to we, the Plebs and Prols, they CAN get a job, they CAN get paid, they DON"T have to LOSE part or ALL of THEIR PENSION.
Nice job for some, isn't it?
Yes, I was once on a Caboolture train when a young man was chatting to a mate that he was going to be a MP and about the perks and pension, then lo and behold, this dude got in and retired young: [en.m.wikipedia.org]