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					Originally Posted by  nomadking
					 
				 
				Expenses are just recompense for money spent, so how could anybody retire because of it.   
			
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 A lot of what MPs claim on expenses are things the rest of us have to pay out of our salaries.  It might be a stretch to say you could retire on it, but expenses fairly stretch your income when you can use them to pay for furniture, electronics, meals and travel.