Tue May 12, 2015, 05:04 AM

Human101948 (3,457 posts)

UPDATE: Gov. Chris Christie Spent $300K On Food, Alcohol, NFL Concessions Using N.J. Taxpayer Money

Gov. Chris Christie has spent $360,000 from his state allowance during his five years in office -- more than 80 percent of which, or $300,000, was used to buy food, alcohol and desserts, according to a New Jersey Watchdog analysis of records released by the governor’s office.

Some of Christie’s most notable expenses happened during the 2010 and 2011 NFL football seasons at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, where the Giants and Jets play their home games. Christie used a debit card, on 58 occasions, to pay a total of $82,594 for concessions at MetLife, according to the report.

The governor’s office wouldn’t provide any receipts or records for the expenses to New
Jersey Watchdog, but defended the governor’s spending practices.
http://patch.com/new-jersey/mendham-chester/christie-buys-300k-food-alcohol-using-nj-taxpayer-money-0

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UPDATE: Gov. Chris Christie Spent $300K On Food, Alcohol, NFL Concessions Using N.J. Taxpayer Money (Original post)	Human101948	May 2015	OP
Too much!	Mike Nelson	May 2015	#1
"Consuming mass quantities..."	Human101948	May 2015	#2
Christie is not going to be the GOP nominee	Gothmog	May 2015	#3
El Gordo	C_U_L8R	May 2015	#4
And the Republicans pound the poor	exboyfil	May 2015	#5
Almost everyone I know on food stamps is a Republican	AgingAmerican	May 2015	#7
There's a joke here that just writes itself.	Tommy_Carcetti	May 2015	#6
NJ Governor apparently gets a $95,000 a year expense allowance. I'm not up in arms about	stevenleser	May 2015	#8
Because they work so very, very hard and are so unappreciated...	Human101948	May 2015	#9
kick	Liberal_in_LA	May 2015	#10

Response to Human101948 (Original post)

Tue May 12, 2015, 05:26 AM

Mike Nelson (9,307 posts)

1. Too much!

...and why do taxpayers pay for his alcohol?

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Tue May 12, 2015, 05:36 AM

Human101948 (3,457 posts)

2. "Consuming mass quantities..."

Since a bad beer costs about $8 in the nosebleed section of the stadium, can you imagine what top shelf liquor costs in a VIP suite? (And Christie always demands the best! He deserves it!)

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Tue May 12, 2015, 07:02 AM

Gothmog (124,346 posts)

3. Christie is not going to be the GOP nominee

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Tue May 12, 2015, 07:41 AM

C_U_L8R (43,291 posts)

4. El Gordo

Seems to be giving Mr Creosote a run for his wafer thin mints.

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Tue May 12, 2015, 09:49 AM

exboyfil (17,516 posts)

5. And the Republicans pound the poor

for wanting to treat themselves to an occasional steak or crab or heaven forbid even grapes (which was one complaint that I heard).

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Tue May 12, 2015, 09:51 AM

AgingAmerican (12,958 posts)

7. Almost everyone I know on food stamps is a Republican

It's those OTHER people on food stamps that don't deserve them.

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Tue May 12, 2015, 09:50 AM

Tommy_Carcetti (41,805 posts)

6. There's a joke here that just writes itself.

But I'll pass.

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Tue May 12, 2015, 09:58 AM

stevenleser (32,886 posts)

8. NJ Governor apparently gets a $95,000 a year expense allowance. I'm not up in arms about

him spending it on food, drink and entertainment. Governors, Presidents, Mayors, Ambassadors and such have allowances for those purposes.

What this reminds me of is the hypocrisy the GOP has about, as others have mentioned, poor folks wanting something nice for themselves every so often. Why is that 'bad' and this completely OK for Republicans?

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Tue May 12, 2015, 03:17 PM

Human101948 (3,457 posts)

9. Because they work so very, very hard and are so unappreciated...

They deserve special treatment.

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Tue May 12, 2015, 03:22 PM

Liberal_in_LA (44,397 posts)

10. kick

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