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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-07-10 12:50 PM
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5. My point is, they should be just as accountable for their per diems
as the federal peons are, and they're not. I recognize it's chump change, doesn't change my opinion.
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  -With Travel Expenses, Some in Congress Keep the Change babylonsister  Mar-07-10 10:27 AM   #0 
  - While I don't particularly condone it, I don't think its economically enforceable  ThomWV   Mar-07-10 10:36 AM   #1 
  - If they pocket it without declaring it as income, it is tax evasion  FarCenter   Mar-07-10 10:52 AM   #2 
  - And your point is? $1/2 million over two years is pocket change.  TheMadMonk   Mar-07-10 11:04 AM   #3 
  - My point is, they should be just as accountable for their per diems  babylonsister   Mar-07-10 12:50 PM   #5 
     - And mine is that the cost of such accountability is more than the amount...  TheMadMonk   Mar-07-10 06:38 PM   #6 
  - When I expense a business trip I have to account for EVERY PENNY  Submariner   Mar-07-10 11:05 AM   #4 
 

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