Sunday, May 10, 2009

The Telegraph in Britain has published a list of expenses claimed by members of the House of Commons. They have started with members of the governing Labour Party and will publish details of all MPs including the Tories and the LibDems. Already it is causing massive controversy as people realise that MPs have been claiming for toilet seats, fertiliser and laundry charges. One lady claimed for two blue movies watched by her husband on pay per view but has since refunded the money which is a shame because when the lady in question is spending all her time serving the people her husband needs to forget his loneliness. Better the virtual, in my view, than looking for actual flesh and blood to pass his time. There is a huge public outcry that MPs are wasting taxpayers money so much so that it is part of BBC's overseas news broadcast. Contrast this with India. Everyone knows our MPs are bandits looting the exhequer but they are also beggars. They beg for free government accommodation, security officers, even free travel on the railways and anything that they can scrounge out of the system. Yet we can see that most are immensely wealthy from the declaration of assets before the elections. They even steal from Hindu gods. Some of the wealthiest places of worship in the world are Hindu temples such as Tirupati which get offerings of hundreds of millions every year yet never declare their accounts. They get so much wealth every year that the money could possibly pay for the education of all the children in the country. Thieves and beggars, the lowest class of human trash is running this country. What hope do we have?

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