Bad, bad Senate! No freebies!

Brazil's Senate "might" review its internal rules regarding freebies for its members' families. Than again, they might not.

For the last 79 days, the largest newspapers in the land have uncovered a succession of scandals regarding private spending with tax payers’ money (air tickets, phone bills, parties, etc.). And the worse bit is that the Senate just goes on approving and masking any accountability issues. They protect their own and there is the old “wall of silence”. Who will watch them, if they approve their own laws? That is what goes on in Brazil. For those who red Portuguese, here is the official senate website with their accounts – mind you, many aren’t listed at all. http://www.senado.gov.br/sf/senadores/verba/Asp/Apresentacao.asp Weird enough, Brazil has such a bad, crooked image abroad, it’s president and government (by proxy) were depicted in a South Park episode, regarding an effort to conceal alien stolen money, or something like that – O.K., all other countries did the same, but this is Brazil's 1st appearance ever! Rings a bell? (the Edward G. Robinson reference is very good! See?)
http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/220763