We paid for it all whether the bill was sent or not. Ryan is paid by taxpayers so even if he ‘paid’ for it himself it was still paid with our money.
And where does your MONEY come from?
That is the dumbest statement of the day. It ceased to be your money when it was deposited by the treasury.
Ryan was paid by the Treasury with proceeds from taxes. It then becomes his money and, if legal, he can spend it as he pleases.
To assert some personal ownership in Ryan’s property as a result of paying taxes is ludicrous
Not to worry. It turns out that he didn’t even order the wine (though he insisted on paying for it to avoid the appearance of receiving a gratuity).
This is a non-issue. Ryan appears to have acted with punctilious propriety.
True, but so what? Are you saying that because he is a Congressman, he has to only buy things that we approve of? We set a salary for Congress. If we think its too high, we can pressure them to reduce it. But once we set the salary, the Congressmen can spend it on whatever they see fit, whether its expensive wine, expensive clothes, a gun collection, private schools for their kids or whatever.
By that logic, every time an Army Buck sergeant enjoys a beer you are paying for it.
No more beer for the military! /s
It’s his salary; his money and none of your business.
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Are you for real? Ryan isn't living off of us, he was elected...he gets a salary and he paid for the wine with his own money. Once the government cuts him a check it belongs to Ryan alone, not us. However, as many of the articles on this subject tell us....Nancy Pelosi sucked up booze on our dime...over $100thousand dollars worth.
I might have missed your comment, but you were taken to task (and rightly so) ...then you proceeded to hassle anyone who called you out on it. Reread your own words and think about it.
Ryan did nothing wrong......NOTHING at all, except getting stalked by a liberal hag...er nag.
Nonsense, I understand he used his “birthday money” why would you believe the leftists?
Who gives a DAMN what he chooses to spend his OWN MONEY on!
This class warfare bullshit is what the liberals do.
What he does with his money once he’s been paid is his own business. If he wants to put it all on the ponies, that’s his business. If he wants to spend it all on buying macaroni and cheese at Walmart, that’s also his business.
He didn’t get an extra stipend just to pay for his wine, so this cost the taxpayers no more than his salary normally costs them.