What’s Wrong with the System?
Here is a perfect example. Neal Boortz notes:
The nonpartisan Center for Public Integrity released a study yesterday and it showed that over a 5+ year period between 2000 and 2005, members of Congress (both Republicans and Democrats) accepted $50 million in travel from corporations and special interest groups.
What caught my eye was the picture of Diamondhead leading the story and then this tidbit:
- $500 a night hotel rooms….not exactly Motel 6.
- $25,000 corporate jet rides (yep..it costs that much. Trust me.)
- 200 trips to Paris, 150 to Hawaii and 140 to Italy.
Our state is benefiting from corporate rent-seeking, how nice.
Article here.