MPs pay rise from April 1st
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:54 am
At a time of mass redundancies and when many people are expected to swallow pay freezes or even pay cuts, isn't it refreshing to see that the gravy train continues to roll on unabated for the lucky few:
That's just basic pay of course - nothing to do with all the tax-free allowances and expenses that they can claim on top.
Of course the argument / justification will be that it's "below inflation".
But surely the greedy cunts should be setting an example and voluntarily taking a pay freeze as well - especially in view of the fact that what they can claim every year just in tax-free second-home allowances is more that what a lot of ordinary workers earn (gross) in a year.
- Eric
That's just basic pay of course - nothing to do with all the tax-free allowances and expenses that they can claim on top.
Of course the argument / justification will be that it's "below inflation".
But surely the greedy cunts should be setting an example and voluntarily taking a pay freeze as well - especially in view of the fact that what they can claim every year just in tax-free second-home allowances is more that what a lot of ordinary workers earn (gross) in a year.
- Eric