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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.
Must be nice.
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%
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.
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.
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%