Yet another embarrassing blunder for the government. It was revealed yesterday that the Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, ‘mistakenly’ claimed expenses from tax payers’ money to pay for her husband’s adult films. The films cost just £5 each, which he is supposed to have watched while she was away. It does not matter if the films were pornographic or not, it is not my issue with the subject. I do not think the public should be paying for the privilege of MPs’ to be watching films of any kind, or for them to use the Internet for their own private use. Why can they not pay for these luxuries themselves? They earn more than enough! This also relates to a blog I published the other day about MPs’ claiming tax payers’ money for both second and holiday homes. Yesterday’s story highlights what I have said previously about tax payers’ funding these second homes, as Jacqui Smith is no exception. It is stated that she has claimed more than £23,000 of tax payers’ money on her second home. It was alleged in the news that money had also been claimed to pay for a number of goods and even a bath plug costing just 88 pence. How ridiculous!
It's pathetic! Do these people not get paid enough without taking decent people's money aswell?! People have to slave for 8+ hours a day just to get by in life, while they get paid thousands for voicing their opinions, and they are still not satisfied!!
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