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stevenleser

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

Reply to Human101948 (Original post)

Tue May 12, 2015, 10:58 AM

May 2015

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