spending other people's money

the newspaper that covers congress, the hill details some of the extravagent spending on capitol hill.

each office gets about $1.2 million to essentially run their office (that's ~$3300 a day by the way). some of the trinkets include plasma tv's, herman miller chairs, and my favorite a $3000 auto signature machine.

of course, lawmakers could return any unused money back to the treasury (and taxpayers), but some of these 'perks' appear too valuable. the National Taxpayers Union (NTU) will soon release its study of legislative office spending habits.

i can't wait to see how little fiscal responsibility is out there
(on both side of the aisle)