Expenses-would we all not do the same?

There is a good post by Bill Jones who sums up the pros and cons in the MP's expenses scandal.

But one question is does ask is would we all have done the same?

To expect MPs not to claim is ingenuous and unrealistic. Anyone in a job with a culture of generous expenses will inevitably behave like anyone else. I recall people I knew in the media during the 1970s eagerly collecting restaurant receipts from friends in order to submit them as their own expenses. Being wholly honest, how many of us would not have joined in this free for all expenses culture had we had the chance?