I like the pollies retirement perks arguments.
As I understand it, historically, the old men, almost exclusively, who dedicated a large part of their earning years to the service of the state, when finished their service were unable to work, or not suitable for employment and so needed some carrot to enter public service.
Now, I would suggest, that this is far from the case. Retiring pollies are the most employable, if only for their ability to access and lobby current pollies and inside trade for large companies on their government knowledge.
So, this would suggest, to me at least, that we should eliminate retirement benefits for pollies entirely, not just reduce them to reasonable community levels.
Fuse lit.
Lemon