Double dipping of Pension and Salary in Bhutan?

The YNN news coverage on the resignation of Deputy Mayor of Syracuse, John Cowin over double dipping issue made me ponder of a similar circumstances back home. Is it an issue in Bhutan? Do we have some legal provisions somewhere to tackle such issue?

While double dipping per se- a situation where a person is collecting pension and salary at the same time, might not have chanced in the past, our recent and profound transition from Monarchy to Constitutional Democracy would have definitely triggered a situation like this. I say this because- majority of the existing politicians were either government or corporation employee prior to joining politics and it is highly likely that at least some resigned with the benefit or entitlement of government or corporation pension.

Now, how does this matter to me anyways? It does matter to me and how about this for my TWO CENTS?

As much as it is justifiable from the perspective of those who claim it as a matter of right, it would be a complete ripoff of a system for a person to be collecting both pension and salary at the same time.  Firstly, by definition, pension is supposed to help support a person at the end of a career when he/she has no other incomes. It is not supposed to be an added bonus. Secondly, imagine its sustainability-sustainability of a system meant to look after the welfare of all members in future, if everyone is to take advantage of it now. Thirdly, it is only proper that there are some legal provisions in place to this seemingly subtle but opportune subject before much is drained out off the system.

High time indeed!

Butterfly in the Dream

Exhausted physically and mentally with the day's activity I sought refuge in Jon Steward's comedy  with hulu.com. As usual, Jon was going on with his art of politician-bashing and others;- it wasn't just American this time- Muammar Gaddafi of Libya was getting some nasty bashings too. But before too long into the show, perhaps it was the magic spell of the day's exhaustion, I turned into a butterfly and off I fluttered in the realm of phantasm. 

Guess what? The world there belonged to none. There were  no boundaries and no continents. There were no regions and no countries. There were no cultures and no classes. There were no religion and no races. There were no wars and no fighting. There wasn't  even anything such as yours or mine. 

Butterflies are known for their beauty but beauty wasn't the charm there. As oblivious as I was with my pigmentation I was inconspicuous too. All that mattered for that brief moment was the sigh of relief.  Relieve from the everyday and mundane life of human being. But as much as I wanted to prolong being that butterfly, I guess, my roommate wanted to sleep- he woke me up to let me know that my comedy show with Jon Steward is still on and that it is keeping him away from kicking to slumber.

Good night and try being a butterfly in the dream.