Kasz216 on 20 November 2009
| kowenicki said: @scifi You do know a corruption scandal actually brought down the whole EU commission in 1999 dont you? I dont think much has changed since then.. still overpaid unelected commsioners (ala neil and glenis - combined salaries were in excess of £600,000) raking in huge salaries and guitly of sickening cronyism. Neil and Glenis are a good example of the overwhelming burden of too much politics... £600k in earnings and now drawing state pensions from their various political roles of around £300k!! Oh... and now these socialist champions of the working man are moving to the House of Lords.... lovely. Creaming us left, right and centre. So... two failed politicians are now millionaires on the back of what exactly? What have they produced, achieved or innovated in the world to justify this? Nothing they have merely failed in the UK and then move to Europe and sat on various talking shops. Politicians should not become millionaires on the back of just their political work. If they go on to successful careers in business afterwards then fine. |
It also should be noted that the UK is going to have a higher number of scandals because the UK government has more power.
Think about it this way Scifiboy. Say you have two doctors.
One treats 300,000 patients. He overcharges the government 1,000 of those patients.
A second doctor treats 10,000 patients. He overcharges the government f0r 500 of those patients.
Is not the second doctor more corrupt? He's overcharged for less patients... however his corruption vs responsibilties is a much higher percetange.
