February 16, 2009

CORPORATE JUNKETS BAD, CONGRESSIONAL JUNKETS GOOD!

But as they fume over inflated salaries and lavish travel by executives whose companies are on the federal dole, members of Congress are getting a raise, and making travel plans. . . . Lobbyists may not directly pay for lawmakers’ travel and meals, under recently strengthened Congressional ethics rules. So instead, corporations contribute to tax-exempt groups — and those groups pay for lawmakers to attend events.

So that’s completely different, then.