Our jobs don’t pay it, unless we are using our own car.
Few other jobs get regular incremental cost of living raises either, let them use that money to get around.
It’s like “Be a politician… See the world.” In our electronic age it is not necessary for anyone to actually meet face to face… unless SEX IS INVOLVED which as we see is frequently the case.
With Sanford, taxpayers paid to ruin his marriage and break up a family. Should we be taking this up?
Forget travel expenses -I think public servants like governors mayors, congressional reps, senators, judges, et al should be REQUIRED to live modest lives or get out of the public service biz.
Should public service be a get rich quick scheme?
We the people cannot afford to pick up these fringe benefits of governing anymore.
With the money we’d save on almost always unnecessary planes, trains, automobiles, drivers, pilots, limo’s, taxi’s, gondolas in Venice, who knows what else… we could build our country’s people a high speed magnetic-rail train coast to coast north to south and around the perimeter of the entire US!
I’d like to do the traveling… not pay so my congressmen can.
He can do a net meeting or send a fax.
Wouldn’t you like to travel from Florida to NY in a few hours, Texas to Michigan then to San Francisco in a few hours, maybe do a loop around the country?
All’s I’m saying is if politicians are forced to pick up a phone or send a fax instead of FLYING THERE! we might not be in such desperate straights ourselves.
You only have to travel to someone else if you are trying to sell something. Conducting business can be done via net meeting or fax just as well. Though not as fun.
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All of their work isn’t done just in their offices.
If its part of their job, then we should. If its not, then they need to pay for it themselves no matter what THEY want to think.
While I agree that sometimes the travel is abused, frequently it is necessary in the course of being a representative.
Some jobs do require plane travel and national political figures have jobs that require travel .
My job pays for my travel when I travel for work. It’s only logical to do that. I suggest you find another topic to pretend to be outraged about that is a bit more important…this just makes you neo-cons sound petty…Oops, too late, you’ve been doing this for months now.
(Also sounds like you’re a bit jealous that you can’t travel for your job…if you actually have one, that is.)
Most jobs do pay for business trips. Not for family, however.
Because they get to set the limits on their expenses. ..at OUR expense.
We shouldn’t especially those who call themselves conservatives .
WE DONT
When I traveled for business the company paid for my expenses… including hotel, air, car rental, and a generous per diem. I don’t have a problem with politicians having the same compensation… afterall, it’s not a vacation.
If a politician (or a CEO) masks a vacation as some sort of business for his state then he should expect a investigation. It is very easy to detect misuses like that.
Someone has to pay for their vacations! They ONLY make a million dollars or more a yr.. Those of us that make $50 thousand or less need to pay for the politicians vacations.