Luxon has his snout in the trough.

[Lilith7]

"It makes Luxon the first Prime Minister in at least 34 years to claim the payment. Since Premier House became the official prime ministerial residence in 1990, previous titleholders have either lived there or, in the case of Wellington-based leaders Bill English and Chris Hipkins, stayed in their own homes.

Prior to the election, Luxon was one of more than 20 MPs who received $31,000 a year from Parliament to cover housing expenses in the capital while staying in properties they already owned. At least some of those MPs were still paying a mortgage on their Wellington properties, however, which Luxon is not.

This isn’t the first time attention has turned on MPs claiming the allowance while seemingly not needing it. While English did not claim it as Prime Minister, he was criticised for claiming the payment as a minister in 2009 and ultimately repaid the money."



If this isn't blatant greed, then its a truly excellent imitation of exactly that. And these people have no problem with bashing those far worse off than they are, & making their lives as miserable as possible. And apparently, seeing no contradiction...


Around 78% of people didn't bother to vote in the last election - time to make it compulsory perhaps.