The Growing Divide Between the Governed and The Governing

Federal politicians were granted a 10% travel allowance increase in order to offset the rising cost of fuel. The increase is from 50.6 cents a kilometre from 46 cents for MPs, with a similar range for public servants.
Joe-Average-Canadian will not be getting so much as a dime of relief to offset the rising cost of fuel because the government has refused to lower gas taxes.
Read this article at the National Post on the subject.
Mr. Milliken's memo did not mention rising gasoline prices, but a Treasury Board notice to public servants said their travel allowances were being increased "in response to recent fuel price increases, as an interim measure." By coincidence, the head of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation arrived on Parliament Hill yesterday to present 35,000 signatures to the Conservative party to table in the Commons urging the government to reduce federal excise and sales taxes by 5 cents a litre. Federal levies and the GST total more than 17 cents a litre.
This is a coincidence our government is certain to ignore.
How dare these people get fat off the public trough while the rest of us scrape by? The nerve is unbelievable!