You must return any excess reimbursement or allowance within a reasonable time period.

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Minister Philip Driscoll received a designated amount of his total reasonable compensation as a housing allowance, which he divided to provide two homes, rather than one, more expensive home.

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Augie Boto, Frank Page, the SBC Executive Committee and our favorite SBC lobbyist, Richard Land, ought to be proactive on this matter and find a way to support legislation that will preserve the Housing Allowance in a reasonable fashion while excluding the ridiculous abuses, legal though they may be, by people like Phil Driscoll and Kenneth Copeland.

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The public are entitled to be confident that that the allowance regime is fair and reasonable and effectively enforced.

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Yet again a reasonable principle is taken to irrational extremes, and again no allowance is made for charitable impulses.

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