Honest-to-God - - you can't make this stuff up.Assembly Republicans are considering raising how much the 99 members of their chamber can claim for expenses...The per diem is not taxed, by the way, and legislators can claim it for simply stopping in at the Capitol and, say, check the mail - - even if there is no session and they have zero meetings.
Most lawmakers receive $88 a day when they come to the Capitol to cover hotels and meals. Those who live in or close to Madison receive half that amount.
How out-of-touch and arrogant can this bunch get?
Why does this surprise anyone? Soon they will give themselves raises because they are full time legislators. These are not people with integrity.
ReplyDeleteThey will continue to cram this crap down our throats UNTIL we the voters say NO and vote them out.
ReplyDeleteAs long as we let them use wedge issues to distract us from the important issues we will be ill served by their self serving agendas.
Remember they supposedly work for us.
We are not supposed to be a host organism for their parasitic behavior.
Based on their 'legislative agenda' I am willing to pay them $100/day to stay away! Shame on all of them.
ReplyDelete@Anonymous 7:50 AM:
ReplyDeleteI LOVE your idea!