[george76]

Or the politicans could fly commercial like the rest of us ?

/s

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[Army Air Corps]

Yes, let them deal with TSA!

[george76]

the travel perks don’t end there.

In addition to their global junkets on Air Force VIP aircraft, members of Congress also received 32, fully-reimbursed trips to their home districts each year, and free, reserved parking at Reagan National Airport in Washington.

http://formerspook.blogspot.com/2007/11/your-tax-dollars-at-work-vip-airlift.html

[RobinOfKingston]

Or the politicans could fly commercial like the rest of us ?

Or the "politicians" could stay home and look at the pretty pictures in Nat'l Geographic, like the rest of us.

God help us! American now elects its royalty!

[bmwcyle]

'fact-finding' trips

When have the facts mattered?

[CindyDawg]

Yep. This should be an immediate cut.

[Calvin Locke]

A guy I know worked for the federal government. He'd have to fly down to DC a couple, three times each year. He said a couple of those times, he had to endure sitting next to his congressman on a commercial flight. He said the guy absolutely reeked of BO. I pointed out that with the then recent news of Gerry Studds and Barney Frank, I didn't blame the guy for not wanting to share showers at the House gym.

I thought of the same thing when that Levy woman disappeared, and it came out that her Congo adulterer had some out of the norm habits for most males.

[sheana]

Actually all congressional fights provided by the Air Force should be grounded. Let them all take to the airways with the regular folks and experience the problems we face.

I don’t believe they should fly at all. My solution is to shut down D.C. Let them stay in their districts. With today’s technology there is no reason for them to be there. They have the ability to videoconference and electronically vote from anywhere.
That would make it much harder for special interest groups to lobby them and they would be more accountable for their actions when constituents are banging down their door every day all day long.
They are not accessible to the people who voted them into office while in D.C. Bring them home to their districts to stay.

[purpleraine]

32 trips a year is too many.All these perks need to be looked into. I’m for being reasonable, but these things easily get out of hand.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

galore - In great numbers; in abundance

Some object to the phrase Pelosi Galore. I don't. Some say that it is gross and it's a double-entendre. I say it refers to perks and Ms Pelosi is demanding oodles of perks that befit her status as "the most powerful woman in the world." Though of course she attempts to cloud the issue with claims of mission requirements.

The Los Angeles Times reported that Pelosi had asked for a C-40 . . . Pelosi and her aides say her security would require a larger plane that can fly coast to coast without refueling . . . "It's not a question of size, it's a question of distance," Pelosi said.

[colorado tanker]

I’m surprised Pelosi hasn’t demanded one of the new Airbus double-deckers be fitted out as her palace in the air.

[mewzilla]

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native criminal class except Congress.

Mark Twain

[thefactor]

Shouldn't the title be "Congress'..."

how many "S's" do we need? stop the madness glenn!

[paul51]

Or the politicans could fly commercial like the rest of us ?

Silly peon

[Doogle]

[the tongue]

OK, it’s 8:33 on Thanksgiving morning, and I’m angry. Thanks.
These welfare recipient animals in Congress must be stopped from their wanton wasteful spending. How? As long as doofus America keeps voting in the same old same old socialist creations of politicians from both parties, we’ll never get relief. So how do we do it?