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This is a collection of assorted observations from my travels and experiences. Many of the posts refer to life in Taiwan where I spent a year living and working. And many others are about my own country, Canada.

Friday, October 07, 2005

 

Why, why, why?

In the news in Canada is another story about a very well paid senior bureaucrat who went overboard with their expense account. This happens all the time and every couple of months another story hits the papers. What I want to know is why very well paid people do not have to pay for their own meals and cars and dry cleaning? It seems it's not enough that David Dingwall got paid over $200,000 per year at the Royal Canadian Mint. He charged on his expense account a golf club membership, his BMW car payments and even $1.29 for a pack of gum. Now you or I or most people must pay for their own car and gum. If I make $40,000 a year and I have to pay for my own car and gum and meals why does he get them all paid for? Why why why? Where did his pay check go? He wasn't paying for anything it seems. His pay must have gone straight to a Swiss bank account. Also in the news is a story about welfare people wanting $250 a month for food and the minister in charge says she is going to plug that 'loop hole'. Hey we don't want poor people wasting money on food! The government needs the money for the rich bureaucrats. In fact the minister has an expense account that must be protected too. So the rich get paid very well and get freebies left and right. The executives sometimes spend more than $250 of taxpayers money on ONE meal in a luxury restaurant. I guess this is more important than food for the poor. Who is the bigger free-loader? I think it is the executives. Pay your own bills you slobs! Why why why? Why do the rich get the freebies and the poor get the shaft? When will this ever stop? Or will this injustice ever stop? You know it is going on right now - we only hear about the odd dumby that goes a little too far. For every one that gets caught there must be another 100 still charging their cars to the expense account.



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