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Originally Posted by Fuzz
I don't understand why politicians keep getting caught in this stuff. If you are at all unsure, take it to the ethics commissioner or whatever, tell them what your plan is, and get it cleared. Then if it comes up in public, you have it in writing that it was approved. And if it isn't fine, don't do it. You get paid enough anyway.
Why is this always so hard for politicians? Clearly this looks like an arrangement that may be in the grey zone. Why risk it? Bonkers.
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When you're corrupt, generally speaking you aren't just "a little" corrupt. You feel entitled to try and take every single dollar you can. But yeah there's truly no reason these expense claims should be allowed to be made in the first place, the pay, pension and post-political career earnings increases are more than enough benefit to being in politics. Should just be stopped altogether.