It's not what you spend, it's who you are that matters when it comes to accounting for taxpayers' money.
The news that the European Commission has decided to publish the full details and postcodes of all farmers in receipt of the Single Farm Payment comes as the House of Commons takes legal action, using taxpayers' money, to prevent publication of similar details of MPs expenses.
We already know that MPs from outside London can buy themselves a house on tax-free expenses and keep the proceeds when they sell it. We know they can claim £400 a month for groceries and buy stacks of furniture for fixed amounts - all without having to bother with producing receipts.
They're slacking if they don't chalk up about £60,000 in tax-free expenses. No wonder it took three years to get these details out of them.
Farmers have had a bad press for years for taking advantage of the cash available to them, but at least they produce food.
Most MPs on the other hand are little more than vote fodder, herded through the lobby like sheep at the behest of their cynical party machines, nodding sagaciously at the fairness of loading more and more costs onto farmers and washing their hands of the mess they make over foot-and-mouth disease.