Thursday, December 18, 2014
"Herman van Rompuy has won the Euro jackpot, but we're paying"
Elected officials are no longer "public servants".
All over the world, they have evolved into a group that see public service as a way to get rich using other people's money...
All over the world, they have evolved into a group that see public service as a way to get rich using other people's money...
The U.K. Telegraph recently editorialized on the European Union's outgoing president:
"In 2009, Mr van Rompuy, 67, became the first occupant of this Brussels sinecure for which he was paid a salary approaching £250,000 a year, plus allowances. But it is in retirement that he has really hit the jackpot. In order to ease his passage back into the cold world beyond the gilded walls, he is to receive £133,723 a year – 55 per cent of his basic salary – until December 2017. On top of that, he will be given a one-off payment of £21,000 for reasons that are not immediately obvious; and he can also draw a lifetime EU pension worth £52,000 a year. His earnings over the next three years will be £578,000 – and he won’t have to leave home to earn it."
