MPs and taxes
Thanks to the Daily Star for its editorial entitled "A matter of rights with obligations. Let our lawmakers pay taxes"(September 5,2010). Let our MPs correct the situation and convince the people of Bangladesh that lawmakers are not and cannot be above the law. Let them begin paying their dues to the republic. The nation's members of parliament are already some of the best-paid legislators in the world, a fact that has drawn fire from their constituents who believe they should be paid less. It is ridiculous that our MPs go home with huge perks per month while professionals like doctors earn less per month though they work more than 12 hours a day seven days a week! Our MPs? A few hours a week with more perks just for showing up! Take the money, but spare us the hypocrisy. Integrity of MPs should be measured by the same ruler they use for the same country. They really don't care about the welfare of ordinary citizens.
There are other more pressing matters we should be attending like improving infrastructure, instead of increasing salaries. Bangladesh's economy is still recovering from the aftermath of a post-election crisis and an ensuing world economic downturn. Yet another drastic pay hike for MPs is the most outrageous, insensitive, immoral and intolerant abuse and impunity by Bangladesh's officialdom the country has ever witnessed. They really don't care about the welfare of ordinary citizens.
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