MP's Expenses. Again.

Well we are into a new parliament and the expenses scandal that rocked the last parliament that was exposed thanks to the Fourth Estate is forgotten by the MP's or so it would seem. IPSA the expenses watchdog is expected to relax the so called draconian rules after a ten month campaign by mutinous MP's. Some of the changes are to let more MP's claim second home allowances, members with families to claim more, and MP's to be able to claim more on their parliamentary credit cards. On Monday MP's will vote to freeze their pay for two years, this has been proposed by Downing Street rather than been voluntary on the part of MP's.Been left to their own devises we know how the vast majority of them would vote. This goes to show that MP's are not in this with the rest of the population, who are having to tighten their belt in these austere times. MP's with older children could now claim travel  and accommodation for children up to 16 and 18 if they are still in full time education, now they can only claim for children up to 5 years old. They are saying that it puts a strain on family life because they cannot afford to see their children enough. How sad, but they should have realised the strains that it may cause on family life before they became MP's. Its like the MP's who keep bleating on about the salaries they are on and how they earned four or five times more before the became MP's. Becoming an MP isn't compulsory, they knew the pay and conditions before they become MP's. I thought that MP's became MP's because they wanted to do something to improve the country and well being of its citizens. As each day passes it becomes more and more clear that the vast majority of them are only out for what they can get for themselves, and how they can improve their standing with better contacts in the business world.