TR2: Lawmakers’ expense accounts

In Tax Revolt II news, increasing scrutiny is being paid to lawmakers’ expense accounts in the U.S. and Europe after a scandal erupted in the U.K.’s Parliament over some abuses of living expense claims.

According to a story just posted online by the Wall Street Journal, ”House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday directed that “statement of disbursement” records detailing spending by the offices of members of the House be published online “at the earliest date.”

This episode lends support to an assertion we made at the beginning of 2007: “There’s a governance revolution afoot in the world. Beltway and other capital denizens should be careful to take notice. ”

URLs:

http://tinyurl.com/google-parliament-scandal (http://preview.tinyurl.com/google-parliament-scandal)

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124364352135868189.html

http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?a=jf2l9Heicga&title=British_expenses_scandal_heads_to_EU_parliament

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124404974993181853.html

http://symmetrycapital.net/index.php/blog/2007/01/a-seamy-trifecta/