I am waiting for the msm to do an equally picky anal exam of Joe Biden’s finances for the past 30 years. I’ll bet there would be considerably more cash involved.
I think the entire Congress should follow the example of Governor Palin and the esteemed Senator Kennedy. Stay at home. In this day of computer technology, each Senator and Representative could communicate and vote by e-mail, meeting technology software, etc. Instead of the people sending their representatives to a convenient place for the leeches and other lobbyists, they could have their representative in their own state, available to them. The lobbyists would have to make very public trips to wine and dine them. In public. In front of the voters.
If Biden rides Amtrack every day and expenses it, I wonder how much that adds up to?
Millions of government employees collect per diem allowances all the time for their travel. If they were not legitimate claims, they would be denies. I can’t believe the Washington Post is trying to make an issue of this minutia. The Post presents this in a way to make a normal reimbursement look cynical.
Good grief Charlie Brown! I got that much per diem in 1986.
This isn’t to knock Governor Palin, but your premise may be flawed.
It is doubtful the Governor’s Mansion was shut down while she was staying at home. The mansion would have continued to have needed maintenance, cleaning, etc. What savings there were from her absence would have been due to her personal expenses, meals, etc., which may have been more than the per diem being paid while she stayed in Wasilla.
If she got that much accomplished staying home 312 days just think what she could do living in Washington for 365 days!
The issue is that her duty station was in Juneau and that she was working on the road. If she’d been in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Barrow or some other city/town, then she’d have gotten travel/perdiem because her duty station is Juneau.
When she is in Wasilla, she’s not at her duty station.
The $55 would not cover housing. She was charging for food on the road.
Why would she feel justified in charging food but not board while on the road?
My guess is that she was conducting meetings both in local restaurants and in her own home.
Just a guess.
How about looking into Obama collecting a Senator’s paycheck while campaigning for 19 months? With only 3 years on the “job”, there’s no way he has enough leave to cover all of his absences and missed votes.
The Capital of Alaska is Juneau. You cannot drive to Juneau, there are no roads to Juneau. The only way to get there is by plane or boat/ferry. The Governor does not need to live in Juneau year-round. Because of the road system/distances/populations/the “Bush” towns/etc........, Alaska has to be looked at in a totally different light than any other State (other than HI) when it comes to travel, “duty Stations”, scheduling, etc.... Wasilla is an hour by car to the airport in Anchorage, and it’s a 1.5 hour flight from Anchorage to Juneau. I spent more than $1412.58/month working as a rep in Alaska. Sarah Palin is the Governor.............. It amazes me how this woman terrifies so many in the media. She’s tough, she’s highly intellegent, she’s honest, she’s good-looking, she’s wildly popular in ALASKA, and she gets things done. They can try to pick her apart, but she’ll stand her ground and America is going to fall in love with her when they see more of her..........