Then maybe don't use their plight to boast about how tough your are.

Or to complain about the significant monetary penalties you'd have to pay, when it's surely easier to pay those on your salary than theirs.

Am I allowed to complain about anything, so long as someone else has it worse off than me?

You didn't complain, you boasted about being in a position of power.

And used someone else being worse off than you to justify being right about it.

Having said that, complaining is free. We both can do it.