Politicians' salaries

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My wifes old man was arguing that polies deserve the wages they get. I reckon its too much like the private sector. I know of people who do next to nothing, drink themselves stupid every day from lunchtime out, and they work in the back rooms of some canberra office getting $180,000 per year plus the longest list of extras like travel allowance, meals allowance, town cars & taxis, the list goes on. These two I am talking about are just taking the p-ss and there is thousands of them. Then there is the thousands of people who don't actually go to work, but because of a contract or clause, they are still on full wages totalling tens of millions a year. The last 20 years has seen every profitable utility sold to any bidder without any guidelines to protect the end user. They operate the state like a private business, doing what they want to raise money so they can build a bridge or get their name on an opening. When do we demand transparency? When is enough enough?