grodscorp@grods.comLeave Mark alone!!!!!1!!!!11!!!1
 | Posted by Scott on Thursday 6 March 2008, 11:40 am Categories: Politics Tags: Tags: AlexanderDowner, MarkVaile, PeterCostello, superannuation |
Just like the chick in that famous Britney YouTube video there is at least one punter who thinks that everyone should just leave Mark Vaile alone.
Bob Barnes, 61, didn’t care if Mr Vaile was still getting his parliamentary wage or not.
“He’s been working hard for years, he’s the best elected member anyone could (wish for).
“Give him a little break — leave poor old Mark alone.”
And I reckon that Bob’s right. Vaile, Downer, Costello et. al. have every moral right to spend their days working to secure post-politics employment as consultants with six or seven figure salaries while simultaneously drawing their Parliamentary salary and benefits for work they’re not doing and have no intention of ever doing again. I mean, just look at poor old Mark who’s taken a $100,000 hit to his pay after being demoted from deputy PM to opposition backbencher. I’m sure he’s hurting just as much as Alexander and Peter who also have mouths to feed and share portfolios to build. Their need to secure future employment far outweighs any obligation they have to serve the people who voted them into Parliament to represent them. Not the mention the bruises to their egos suffered after those nasty voters gave them and their kind the arse.
I mean, it’s not like the three of them could retire tomorrow and instantly access offensively large lifetime superannuation payouts to tide them over the few months it would take to land another job.
