Lifestyles of the Corrupt and Elected

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How is your snowbird vacation going?????

Lifestyles of the Corrupt and Elected
How do Texas legislators live large on their $7,200 salaries? Campaign funds pay for lavish perks and personal expenses, courtesy of special


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He’s living off it. Fraser, like all Texas legislators, is allowed to use campaign money to augment his lifestyle: to rent a condo, take his family on opulent trips and stay in exclusive hotels and resorts. Since he was last elected in 2008, Fraser has spent more than $388,000 in campaign funds, most of it unrelated to any election. Fraser tapped campaign money to help pay for a trip with his wife to Park City, Utah, during ski season. He and his wife also used the money to travel to Hawaii, San Francisco and Monterey, Calif., England, Spain, Russia, Germany, Puerto Rico, Panama and Costa Rica, where they stayed at a $400-a-night resort nestled among some waterfalls. Under Texas law, he could legally use campaign money to pay for these trips as long as they could be somehow connected to state business.

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http://www.texasobserver.org/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=17251:lifestyles-of-the-corrupt-and-elected&Itemid=1951

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1. What is the absolute worse is the double dippers

Reps who get reimbursed by their campaign accounts as well as the state for travel. This is illegal but they get away with it anyway.

And not only get away with it, the stupid voters in their districts vote them back in after being exposed of their corruption.

For example - Joe Driver
State Representative Joe Driver stealing from the taxpayers

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