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In the discussion thread: SEVEN TEA PARTY Freshmen SPENT More Than $100,000 In TAXPAYER MONEY On Personal Cars [View all]

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Mon Jul 16, 2012, 01:56 PM

karynnj (46,671 posts)

35. I think some parts of your comments go too far

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Not to mention, you go far too far - there is no reason to think that a freshman member of Congress needs bullet proving as a feature. It might make more sense for them to bring their personal car to DC and to rent a car for the short times they return to their district - charging that to their House account.

The fact is that the cost of living in DC is very high - and even with the salary they get, it is hard to maintain their in-district home and have a place to live in DC.

The problem comes when you compare their words against others to their then taking advantage of all the perks of office.

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81 replies	Author	Time	Post
SEVEN TEA PARTY Freshmen SPENT More Than $100,000 In TAXPAYER MONEY On Personal Cars [View all]	Segami	Jul 2012	OP
K&R	patrice	Jul 2012	#1
Pompous Pompeo apparently not above SOCIALISM for Koch-bots. nt	patrice	Jul 2012	#2
Jus' reg'lar folk. nt	onehandle	Jul 2012	#3
Even if I don't like them	Xyzse	Jul 2012	#4
You're joking, right? Bulletproof?	louis-t	Jul 2012	#6
Well...	Xyzse	Jul 2012	#24
The issue is exposing hypocrisy, though.	Comrade_McKenzie	Jul 2012	#48
Yes,	Xyzse	Jul 2012	#53
Why is this so far over your head?	The Doctor.	Jul 2012	#66
Congressmembers receive a salary. They should buy their cars out of their salaries like other	JDPriestly	Jul 2012	#61
Yeah... like owning a car in Colorado is a lot of help in DC	jberryhill	Jul 2012	#27
Thanks	Xyzse	Jul 2012	#28
Morally relative much?	nikto	Jul 2012	#58
$174k per year can buy a lot of train and bus passes. And the occasional cab ride.	Hassin Bin Sober	Jul 2012	#31
Compared to other Americans, members of Congress earn a good salary.	JDPriestly	Jul 2012	#65
Let them use campaign funds	Politicalboi	Jul 2012	#76
No he is not jocking	nadinbrzezinski	Jul 2012	#45
Yet they wail over someone getting the maximum $2400/ yr in Food Stamps	Tsiyu	Jul 2012	#13
I'm not saying that it isn't hypocritical	Xyzse	Jul 2012	#26
I agree.	Blanks	Jul 2012	#29
If you ran on a platform slick with the froth	Tsiyu	Jul 2012	#47
Again...	Xyzse	Jul 2012	#49
Aha. The "Everyone Else Does It" Defense	Tsiyu	Jul 2012	#50
Why yes	Xyzse	Jul 2012	#52
There's really no digging to be done	Tsiyu	Jul 2012	#56
Did they ask people to vote for them to uphold status quo ... or to change status quo?	Doremus	Jul 2012	#69
The Last Word	Politicalboi	Jul 2012	#77
Why should the taxpayers pay for their personal use??	Angry Dragon	Jul 2012	#23
While you can argue there's some hypocricy in it	hughee99	Jul 2012	#34
Exactly.	Xyzse	Jul 2012	#37
You said, "I'd rather focus my energies elsewhere..."	nikto	Jul 2012	#59
Not quite	Xyzse	Jul 2012	#73
I think some parts of your comments go too far	karynnj	Jul 2012	#35
Well	Xyzse	Jul 2012	#36
"the cost of living in DC is very high"	Chan790	Jul 2012	#42
And a couple of congressmen are MILLIONAIRES	Segami	Jul 2012	#44
Granted.	Xyzse	Jul 2012	#54
While it is hypocritical, even the top two aren't that expensive, and $5K is damn cheap.	HopeHoops	Jul 2012	#5
They should be working for free, or minimum wage.	Zalatix	Jul 2012	#7
They work?	HopeHoops	Jul 2012	#11
LOL point taken!	Zalatix	Jul 2012	#12
I would be happy if they would swap me for the rest of their terms.	GoCubsGo	Jul 2012	#22
Let's say for argument's sake this isn't a big deal. The way repukes win is	Guy Whitey Corngood	Jul 2012	#8
Bingo! and thank you!	Segami	Jul 2012	#9
+13,130	Angry Dragon	Jul 2012	#25
Pompeo is a racist	proud2BlibKansan	Jul 2012	#10
And he fucking WON?!!!	Zalatix	Jul 2012	#14
Yep.	proud2BlibKansan	Jul 2012	#20
he "walked" in my hometown parade on the 4th of July. He came over and was shaking hands	demtenjeep	Jul 2012	#18
He's definitely the worst of the 4 reps from Kansas	proud2BlibKansan	Jul 2012	#21
Okay - once Schaffer gets a hold of this information	Panasonic	Jul 2012	#15
Gardner is my alleged rep.	madamesilverspurs	Jul 2012	#74
In all fairness to Duffy	Proud Liberal Dem	Jul 2012	#16
HUGE Kick and REC!!!!!!!	BlancheSplanchnik	Jul 2012	#17
Not only THAT....Duffy is leasing	ejbr	Jul 2012	#19
Now that is a campaign ad	Kalidurga	Jul 2012	#30
That's twice what we paid for our car..whassamatter with them using public transportation??	shraby	Jul 2012	#32
This is perfectly in line with Tea Party principles	nxylas	Jul 2012	#33
I guess they believe in "entitlements" after all. n/t	proReality	Jul 2012	#38
Still cannot believe someone from Real World is a Congressman	obamanut2012	Jul 2012	#39
And two of them are MILLIONAIRES	progressoid	Jul 2012	#40
This alone should be enough to put the Teapublicans out of business!	KansDem	Jul 2012	#41
Wasteful government spending!!!!!!1!!! And such.	Initech	Jul 2012	#43
If you are from Maryland I can see commuting to the House	nadinbrzezinski	Jul 2012	#46
The DC area has amazing public transportation.	SheilaT	Jul 2012	#51
DC has amazing public transportation	SickOfTheOnePct	Jul 2012	#78
Yes, it does depend on where you live and where you work, but members of Congress are more apt	SheilaT	Jul 2012	#81
don't they get paid enough to purchase their own cars?	notadmblnd	Jul 2012	#55
Some pigs are more equal than others...	nikto	Jul 2012	#57
So Teabaggers are "taxed enough already"...	VenusRising	Jul 2012	#60
INFOGRAPHIC below	Tx4obama	Jul 2012	#62
Cool pornographic,	yortsed snacilbuper	Jul 2012	#75
Did they forget that they have to run every two years for re-election?	Tx4obama	Jul 2012	#63
Cars equipped with DUAL TEABAGS	Blue Owl	Jul 2012	#64
HAHAHAHA	Segami	Jul 2012	#67
I want a TAX REFUND!	Rosa Luxemburg	Jul 2012	#68
Cravaack doesn't even live in Minnesota any more.	Thor_MN	Jul 2012	#70
$15k per car? ...I hate to say it but more gov't ass clowns should limit their spending on transpor	crazy homeless guy	Jul 2012	#71
that is one year's cost to taxpayers of having the car, not a purchase price.	uncle ray	Jul 2012	#72
The amounts are how much was spent in one year to LEASE the cars. n/t	Tx4obama	Jul 2012	#79
Didn't these yahoos take some kind of teabagger oath not to waste,	yortsed snacilbuper	Jul 2012	#80

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