MP's perks

I have been watching in my usual cynical silence recently as, first, members of Parliament are exposed for renting back their own homes to Parliamentary Service's so that they might claim up to $1000 a week in away from home rent. Then having been exposed, a large stomach full of honesty is vomited over the tax payer and a promise to repay some $14,000 should been accepted by the great unwashed as a marvelous generous gesture, rather than reparation of dishonestly gained funds. It reminds me of the shoplifters I encountered almost daily who blamed me for picking on them due to their ethnicity, or blamed the store owner for not securing his merchandise rather than accept the truth that they were just common thieves. I suspect similar brain power may be at work, or not working as the case may be. I wish the Police were not swayed by the MP's status and position and treated them accordingly. I can recall a conversation in the cells once where a drug dealer and several others of his ilk were questioned over the disappearance of some hand cuffs ........ a hearty cry of "what do you think we are? Thieves ? was chorused by the seriously indignant prisoners. It would seem even criminals have their standards and, Politicians can't even hope to aspire to those lofty heights.
I think the fact that you want to become a politician should exclude you automatically from the process...........