re: #233 MandyManners
Pelosi, who has come under fire in the past for spending on flowers, also spent roughly $30,610 in food and beverage and about $2,740 on bottled water,
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) racked up about $24,617 in catering costs. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) spent about $1,561 in bottled water and House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) spent no money on water but a touch over $18,000 in food. House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) spent about $24,116 on food and beverage.
***
Disfuckinggusting.
Am I insane to say that this doesn’t sound that extreme to me?
Basically, on any given day, the Congressional leadership is spending about a grand on food, flowers, etc. This includes meetings with foreign dignitaries, work lunches, gift, yadda yadda.
That does not actually sound out of the ballpark. I’ve worked for companies and nonprofits that required me to order food, set up dinners, etc. Sure, it would be nice if they all brown-bagged it and fed the Japanese foreign minister Oreos, but that’s not going to happen.