It has never ceased to amaze me how politicians of all political stripes find ways to line their pockets at taxpayers' expense. No one party seems to have a monopoly on this fault, from senators getting caught with their hands in the cookie jar to provincial MLA's getting caught taking vacation at taxpayers' expense, they all seem to have the same answer and solution to the problem. If they get caught they just promise to pay the money back and expect no penalty other than that.
So, as an ordinary citizen can we expect to get off scott free if we say, rob a bank and get caught, as long as we pay the money back?
Our politicians seem to have this down pat, promise to pay back the money, then quickly disappear from the public scrutiny for a while until it all blows over, and low and behold in a month or so all is forgiven!
It is disgusting the level that our political system has dropped to, it is time it was overhauled.
David R. Gildea
Fernie, B.C.