Driving away with our taxes

So, Eyewitness News is reporting that Motlanthe says "cabinet ministers will not be asked to return new luxury vehicles". He defended the purchase of the cars on Wednesday, saying it was neither illegal nor unethical.

Wow, wow, wow- I'm actually astonished. We all know the little token that absoloute power corrupts absolutely, but this actually ridiculous. At least in other countries politicians try to hide the fact that they are a bunch of greedy douchebags. But no, not in South Africa.

Motlanthe defended his decision by saying: "The purchases were not unethical in that they were not illegal or underhanded. For these reasons we do not intend to request the return of the vehicles." While this may be true I don't think he sees the point. All these high ranking politicians appeal to the less educated and less fortunate promising a better life for all, but when they get into office, they take hard working individual's money for their new BMW's instead distributing the money to the poor. I mean, that's why we have a progessive form of taxation in this country, last time I checked.

We really chafes my chop is the fact that men like my father, who works almost 12 hours a day every day to provide for his family, has half of his salary cut every month because of progressive taxation. I don't think that he wakes up at 4 every morning thinking: "Yipee, I can't wait for the Minister of Agriculture to get his new car".

There is obviously no transmission occuring between Motlanthe's brain cell's (pun intended).

*End of Rant*