Politician expenses in the States

A piece in the Wall Street Journal turns up a few random examples of questionable spending by federal politicians.

But what's striking is the size of the allowances.

House members get a government expense allowance of $1.3 million to $1.9 million a year. Senators get $2.9 million to $4.5 million. The disparity is based on several factors, with lawmakers whose home states are far from Washington, for example, typically receiving more to cover their higher travel expenses.

That doesn't mean our own expenses issues are just small potatoes.

David Cameron's expenses are rightly in the frame. On a Lisbon treaty referendum, on 'climate change', on the morality of Alan Duncan and Francis Maude - the green wimp doesn't get it. Did he ever make a brave decision in his life?