July 18, 2002
Thursday
Thursday
Pigs vote for more swill
Tom Burroughes (London) UK affairs
(0)British legislators have used their privileged position to vote themselves a 25 percent rise in their own pensions, in contrast to the vast majority of we mere mortals, who are suffering falling returns on our pension schemes as stock markets fall off a cliff.
Remember, these are the same guys and girls who like to wax indignant about the behaviour of chief executives at scandal-ridden firms like American energy firm Enron or telecom company WorldCom. But of course they are dirty businessmen, whereas public-spirited folk who devote their lives to politics earn every penny they receive, don't they? 
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