In most companies if you stayed in your own property and claimed travel allowance — fired," one text said.Another person texted in to say it was "definitely not ok for pollies to claim allowance when staying at their own places"."How dare they claim this money Disgusted," another text read.Another text read "of course it doesn't pass the pub test for politicians to be using $450 per day of public monies to pay off their mortgages"."Why aren't pollies subject to the same rules as the public service which has a reduced rate if you are staying with family?," the text read.