Congress Perks 2009-02-09

Congress Perks. 2009-02-09

Even though a chorus of experts from around the world is urging the government to stop wasting money on stimulus bills -- can we at least assume congresspeople themselves are cutting their personal budgets and limiting work-related expenses… right… please… anyone?

That’s the Kingsmill Resort & Spa in Williamsburg, Va., where House Democrats met for their annual retreat over the weekend -- on the taxpayer dime. You helped pay for a chartered round-trip train to the historic city, rooms for over 200 House members and their entourage of assistants and security, dinners starting at $60 a head and an undisclosed number of massages, tee offs and old-fashioneds at the bar. The government won’t tell us exactly how much they spent.

Wasn’t it a chorus of Democratic congressmen who were ticked off about AIG’s retreat after accepting taxpayer money? And forced Wells Fargo under pain of public embarrassment to cancel their junket to Miami last week?

[ Above, courtesy of Agora. I note that the bare-bones minimum room rate is $199 per night. Of course much more for the various packages of golf, spa treatments, honeymoon suites ---- Hey, the Congress and gummint is on a Honeymoon now, so why not? ...paul ]