tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post8167857057741813523..comments2024-03-22T11:55:50.335+13:00Comments on Not PC: The Chimera of Inequality and the Capitalist VillainPeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-20960584042409209542014-05-22T12:07:47.974+12:002014-05-22T12:07:47.974+12:00Your criticism of those who abuse political power ...Your criticism of those who abuse political power - always for the greater good - is correct.<br /><br />A couple of years ago I was at a dinner party where among the guests were two ex Cabinet Ministers; one National and one Labour.<br /><br />Both these people had forged successful political careers attacking poverty, those who cause poverty, and elitism, and subsidies for those getting rich off the taxpayer, and those who don't pay their fair share etc...etc.<br /><br />The dinner table conversation moved to political corruption (the scandals in New South Wales being in the news at the time) and the chances of it happening here.<br /><br />I, in my naivety, happened to express an opinion that a Cabinet Minister taking bribes or lining his pockets seems a bit silly because they are such busy people they would have no time to spend it.<br /><br />The two ex Ministers looked at each other, looked at me - and started roaring with laughter; when they had recovered the National ex- Minister explained, accompanied by much head nodding by the Labour fellow -<br /><br />"Being a Cabinet Minister is so incredibly boring that the only thing worth doing is robbing the place! ...when you have enough money stashed away you simply do everything possible to make sure you <i>AREN'T</i> re-elected - <i>then</i> you can go off and spend it"<br /><br />They then both winked at me.<br /><br />(The large number of seemingly foreseeable and preventable 'own goals' scored by the governing parties during 1999 and 2008 suddenly made sense)Mr Lineberrynoreply@blogger.com