Posted on 07/02/2009 1:03:11 PM PDT by RobinMasters
Democrats ran on the Culture of Corruption charge in 2006 and gained control of both chambers of Congress on the promise to clean up Capitol Hill. The Wall Street Journal finds instead that Democrats have used their power to spend taxpayer dollars on high-priced global travel. Taxpayer-funded Congressional delegation travel has increased by 50% since the Democrats took charge:
(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...
Your “neo-nobility” folks. And all the leftists believe they are part of it.
Where does that leave you, peasant?
Living at their pleasure.... or not.
‘The spending on overseas travel is up almost tenfold since 1995, and has nearly tripled since 2001, according to the Journal analysis of 60,000 travel records. Hundreds of lawmakers traveled overseas in 2008 at a cost of about $13 million. That’s a 50% jump since Democrats took control of Congress two years ago.’
The R’s were in charge for most of that time. Let’s give some credit to them as well.
And this surprises...Whom?
I would rather focus on the Congress since '06 for a change.
I, um, doubt Queen Pelosi and her entourage flew to Syria on AirTran.
America is being pillaged right before our eyes.
Biden is in Iraq, as I type, now if he did not go, nothing would change, either way...
So can we tax their carbon footprint? LOL
The Culture of Corruption is: (all together now) Dee-Mon-Rats!
Any way to know if my rat was on a tax paid junket ?
Yes, if your 'rat was moving, you were paying for it.
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