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The issue isn't about sacking out on the couch. It's about taxpayer furnished "offices" supplied with all the comforts of a Teddy Kennedy pad.
You're joking, right?
Have you ever been in a Congressman's D.C. office?
Clearly he has not.
Not quite the lap of luxury.
I wonder where they shower
No it is not a problem. It is a solution to what could be a problem if they had to pay for two residences in two states, on their salaries. I admire them. There is a huge exercise room with showers for all Congresspersons.
Umm most people move to where their job is.
why should congresspeople be any different from the rest of us?
So it's kinda like livin' in a barracks?I wonder where they shower
There's a gym with showers and stuff. And a cafeteria.
It's just more nanny state bullshit.
The American people supposedly own the buildings and if most of them don't give a shit why should it matter?
Why not let all government workers sleep in their offices? They make less than congressmen
No. It's not a problem. It's a practical solution to a personal financial management challenge of maintaining a home in one's home district while having to spend a large part of time in a very expensive area for real estate. Not everyone is married to a Heinz Heiress.
So it's kinda like livin' in a barracks?There's a gym with showers and stuff. And a cafeteria.
Eh,
More like a large corporate complex.
The headquarters for my company has a small gym with exercise rooms and showers, and has a cafeteria as well. A few thousand work there M-F.
So it's kinda like livin' in a barracks?
Eh,
More like a large corporate complex.
The headquarters for my company has a small gym with exercise rooms and showers, and has a cafeteria as well. A few thousand work there M-F.
Do you get to sleep there if you are too cheap to rent your own place?
No. It's not a problem. It's a practical solution to a personal financial management challenge of maintaining a home in one's home district while having to spend a large part of time in a very expensive area for real estate. Not everyone is married to a Heinz Heiress.
1. Congressmen are paid a 6 figure salary, and are not taxed on their salary. If they cannot manage their financial situation to be able to afford secondary housing while they are in town, they are not fit for office.
2. If someone's personal problems in life are really so imposing on their function as an elected official, then they are not fit for office.
3. I would imagine that being married to a rich woman would make a person's financial situation all the more difficult. Women already place great demands on their S/O's money, and the rich women are all the more demanding, because they are used to having more. If I made 6 figures and was married to dirty poor trailer trash, I would expect my financial situation to be considerably better than if I were married to Paris Hilton. I doubt my entire salary would be enough to satisfy that bitch for a dinner date.
Congressman do pay income taxes, bub.
And sleeping in one's office is not a Personal Problem - it's a sign of financial responsibility.
From point 3, I'd guess you have little experience interacting with grown up women.
So what you really mean to say is that serving in Congress is something for only the Very Wealthy.
Thanks for clearing that up.
How nice of you to want to decide how somebody else should spend his personal income.
What a sad control freak.
1. Congressmen are paid a 6 figure salary, and are not taxed on their salary. If they cannot manage their financial situation to be able to afford secondary housing while they are in town, they are not fit for office.
2. If someone's personal problems in life are really so imposing on their function as an elected official, then they are not fit for office.
3. I would imagine that being married to a rich woman would make a person's financial situation all the more difficult. Women already place great demands on their S/O's money, and the rich women are all the more demanding, because they are used to having more. If I made 6 figures and was married to dirty poor trailer trash, I would expect my financial situation to be considerably better than if I were married to Paris Hilton. I doubt my entire salary would be enough to satisfy that bitch for a dinner date.
They are taxed on their salary. Personally, I wouldn't want to pay rent anywhere around DC.
How is sleeping on the couch in an office a personal problem?
You are lucky I am not a woman. As it is I will just sit back and watch the show.