ok, it seems like a pretty easy answer in my head but I know I am basing it off of my personal hatred for them so I can only claim it as an opinion or speculation, BUT: do our politicians, while at work, have to pay for gas and food and lodging for travel out of their own pockets? or do their respective departments have a petty cash like account to pay for those things? or more specific, the capitol cafe and other government building(s) facility's-do they charge the politicians for the meal or is it just like a credited x amount of meals a month like college? don't judge me, I'm super stoned, and I know there are more pressing things to worry about, but I am really curious about this. please only fact based answers, or personal experience possibly from someone who has once been employed by the government and might know.
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https://www.gsa.gov/
I imagine if you want to find the actual answers to your questions, that would be the first place to look.
this is exactly what I was looking for, and the word I should have used: per diem. thank you. SO we give them a $13 breakfast, $14 lunch, and a $23 dinner (if parameters on this site are set for washington), everyday if they so choose. interesting.
Shut up and take a rip with me. In 3...2...1...
Hell yuh! lol!
WE, the people pay. WE, through taxes, pay their salaries, all operating costs and all monies allotted to work-related expenses, (wide-ranging). WE even pay for their "slush funds" to pay off/cover up sexual misconduct allegations. I don't believe they ever did away with that even though it became public knowledge.
Congress has a pretty large budget per individual for staffing and travel. They are definitely not paying for anything themselves
Would you prefer that Congress members had to pay for these things themselves, ensuring only mega rich people would be able to live and work as a member of Congress? If the funds don't come from tax payers, where would they come from? What sort of people have the funds to pay for extra office space, internet, technology, and staffing for something that isn't making them money (allegedly) like a business would? It'd be even more corrupt than now, with only the mega rich doing it and using said expenses to write off on taxes as a business expense just to get whatever laws they personally want passed. I know it may not really look better or different now, but the idea is to allow anyone who is elected to serve in such positions regardless of personal wealth or ability to pay such things.
Nasty sends the liquor tab to you every day, babe.
totally agree, but I meant it when I said it was a simple question. its either A or B and I want to know which one, I understand its a minute detail and inconsequential. But in a time where we are told to spend sparingly on meals, by those people, it to me seems worthy to know if we are actually, by either "law" or "standard practices" using taxpayer money to supply things, like the capitol cafe kitchens pantry's.