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| $50 million in trips for Congress |
| 2006-06-06 |
| EFL Join Congress, see the world. Join a congressman's staff, see more of it. Private groups, corporations or trade associations — many with legislation that could affect them pending before Congress — paid nearly $50 million since 2000 to send members of Congress and their staffers on at least 23,000 trips overseas and within the United States, according to a study released Monday. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #5 Even a freakin' assistant professor gets a better travel budget than a Congressman (hyperbole off). Seriously, what do we expect from a bunch of people paid less than $175K per year, when they have to maintain 2 residences, master innumerable policy issues, and work 365 days a year? This is pitiful, they run the most powerful, prosperous country the world has ever known, and earn less than an owner-operator of a typical McDonalds. Pay them a million a year, give 'em another million a year for expenses, and neuter anyone who accepts a penny from anyone for anything. |
| Posted by: Perfesser 2006-06-06 17:00 |
| #4 Hey. There's that phrase again. "Non partisan". The phrase that pays... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-06-06 14:20 |
| #3 You can down load the Aspen Insitute's 2004 Annual Report (pdf). |
| Posted by: Pappy 2006-06-06 14:09 |
| #2 Where do institutions like the Aspen Institute get the money to piss away with such ferver ? |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-06-06 10:50 |
| #1 Unfortunately, the trips all involve return tickets. |
| Posted by: Uloger Whease2177 2006-06-06 08:42 |