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The flashlight beam stabbing the dark corridors of London's House of Commons revealed not just sticky-fingered politicians; it caught the public imagination too. Perhaps it brought some light relief to beleaguered Spanish politicians who temporarily disappeared under the radar. Revelations about the disreputable activities of Spanish politicians expose them as the godfathers of the brown envelope. In the past 36-months 18 mayors; a dozen of them either the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) or Peoples Party (PP) have had their collars felt.
Charges range from bribery,Air Jordan 11, misuse of public funds, perverting the course of justice, and money laundering. No murder, amigo? The Marina Baja mayor of Polop, Sr. Juan Cano has been arrested by Guardia Civil investigating the assassination of his predecessor. His party membership has been suspended; let us hope his body is not.
No Worries. Corruption in Spain is Legal
Many of the Spanish establishment's fiscal injustices are actually legal and as in the United Kingdom and the U.S. they are 'within the rules'. In Spain governance requires the services of 65,896 councillors, 8,Jordan Space Jams,112 mayors,Cheap Jordan 1, 1,Air Jordan Retro 4,206 regional parliamentarians,Air Jordan 5, 1,Jordan Spizikes 2011 SAS soldier's memorabilia sells for £60k - News,Jordan Spizikes,031 provincial deputies and 650 deputies and senators. Add the Socialist Prime Minister; three deputy prime ministers plus 530 high-ranking state officers. This all adds up to 77,429 professional politicians vacuuming salaries and perks from the tax-laden coffers of the hoi polloi.
Most Spanish workers need to work for many years before accessing the state pension of 757€ a month. However, a Spanish deputy or senator need serve only seven years to get their paws on their pension. Spanish ex-ministers collect 80 percent of their salary after 24-months service: that is about 5,400€ a month irrespective of other incomes. It sure beats robbing train and banks. George Orwell once said: 'All are equal but some are more equal than others.' How true.
If you take a family holiday you pay for it. If Prime Minister, Jose Luis Zapatero takes a family holiday,Air Jordan 1, you pay for it. When Sr. Zapatero is pressing the flesh on political visits he is accompanied by an entourage of 100 political advisors and heavies. In wages this averages out at 8,000€ a day plus overheads and we are not talking sombreros.
Little wonder they are happy that the former Fascist dictator El Caudillo is kicking up the cacti. It reminds one of the joke once doing the rounds in the old USSR. Premier Nikita Khrushchev was bursting with pride as he showed his elderly mother around his state provided dacha overlooking the Black Sea's panoramas. Her mind reeled as she took in the sumptuous furnishings; the extravagant cars; paintings that might be seen in the Louvre. "It is all so wonderful, Nikita," she murmured: "But what will we do if the Communists come back?"
How to Run a Bankrupt Nation
The Spanish economy isn't doing too well but a good start on housekeeping might begin by sorting out their own parties' accounts. According to the Tribunal de Cuentas the sums owed by the combined parties represented in the Spanish Congress amount to 144.08 million euros. This is despite political parties receiving on average 184 million euros each year in grants. You can't run a business if you are bankrupt but it seems running a country isn't a problem.
This is probably not a good time to reveal that in 2008; the figure for 2009 not yet released is likely to be higher,Cheap Jordan 4, 60,000 tax-paying Spaniards lost their homes due to their being unable to meet their mortgage payments. One can only imagine their feelings on learning that of seventeen regional presidents fourteen of them chose German-made Audi cars to travel in. The Mayor of Madrid,Air Jordan 4, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon is often seen cruising in his Audi 08. It cost a little over half a million euros. At least the Russian Zivs monopolised by Soviet placemen were made in the Soviet Union.
All in a day's work one supposes, or is it? It has been calculated that only 33 percent of the Spanish Congress's 350 deputies devote all of their working lives to parliamentary duties. Most are moon lighting other jobs. Nice work if you can get it. © About the Author
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