Congress's Travel Tab Swells

Congress's Travel Tab Swells




For some reason our politicians just don't understand that money does not grow on trees. In a time when they should be cutting costs they continue to spend. It just doesn't quit.

Wall Street Journal analysis of travel records shows, involving everything from war-zone visits to trips to exotic spots such as the Galápagos Islands.

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Must be nice.

The spending on overseas travel is up almost tenfold since 1995, and has nearly tripled since 2001, according to the Journal analysis of 60,000 travel records. Hundreds of lawmakers traveled overseas in 2008 at a cost of about $13 million. That's a 50% jump since Democrats took control of Congress two years ago.

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I don't understand why they have to travel so much? With the internet and video conferencing today there is no need to travel. Our companies travels are down by over 75%

Their mistresses and girl friends are all out of town ...or they like to travel.

I truly believe they all, Rep & Dem alike, have lost contact with what's really happening around them. I think they are all off in their own little zone. Anyone who can vote for a cap & trade bill their staff hasn't even had time read can't be functioning very well.
JMHO,
Mike

mla2ofus said:

I truly believe they all, Rep & Dem alike, have lost contact with what's really happening around them. I think they are all off in their own little zone. Anyone who can vote for a cap & trade bill their staff hasn't even had time read can't be functioning very well.
JMHO,
Mike

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They didn't read the whole Stimulus plan.

Since they didn't read the Cap & Trade Bill or the Stimulus Bill before voting on it, it just shows they are superfluous. If they are just going to do what Pilosi tells them, why don't we get rid of them all and make Nancy the "Queen of Congress". Let her make all the decisions, she's doing that anyway, and we could save millions, if not billions, by getting rid of the politicians and all of their staff and hangers on. Just a thought.

what?
and put all those lobbyists out of business, too?
think of what that would do to the unemployment numbers!