[Ellesu]

They didn't want us to appear like we weren't gathering information, like we weren't doing anything," said Salter.

[CrawDaddyCA]

This is just beyond words, and Louisiana has a huge amount of budget red ink. This La. citizen knows exactly where the state govt. will get the money to fill in the gaps, from us!

Corruption is probably the main reason why I'm moving back to Florida.

In case it hasn't been said before; all of those that voted for Blanco instead of Jindal, you are getting what you deserve.

[Lokibob]

$116/day is damn cheap per diem.

These legislators only receive $16K per year salary, and have to travel from their home district to the capital and stay overnight.

The money isn't that excessive.

I'd be more concerned about the 2 guys that didn't even bother to go to the capital when the state is in such turmoil.

[Cricket24]

All these representatives and Senators (state and federal) think there is an unlimited amount of taxpayer money. There is so much money spent especially at the federal level that there is NO WAY it can be kept track of. Some of the liberals would say that this is just a small amount of money compared to the whole budget when anything is tried to be cut. NONSENSE! There is so much waste. It just can't go on forever!! The whole federal budget in 1984 was just under $500 billion!! Now, just 20 years later it's over 2 and a half TRILLION! How did that happen? Well in 1985 or 86 they changed the tax codes and the money started pouring into the coffers not to mention that the economy started growing. What did our lawmakers do? Did they save any of that money for a rainy day? Of course NOT. They spent it and more. This goes for both parties. They have been on a binge and they just can't stop themselves!

[mewzilla]

So much for public service.

[rvoitier]

"Rep. Jalila Jefferson-Bullock, D-New Orleans, got five days per diem plus expenses, or $1,781, to attend a Congressional Black Caucus meeting in Washington, D.C., Sept. 21-25."

William 'Indicted' Jefferson's (D-La) daughter I do believe.

[CajunConservative]

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