A CBS affiliate in New York reported today about how Congressmen are using taxpayer dollars to lease extremely expensive luxury cars.
You may not realize it, but members of the House of Representatives can lease a car and have it paid for by you — the taxpayer. And it’s not just the car, but gas, registration, insurance … the works.
And as CBS 2 HD found out, there’s no limit on how much they can spend.
Congressman Charles Rangel was recently seen getting out of his Cadillac DeVille, which he leases for $774 per month. Then there was Congressman Jose Serrano, getting out of his Buick LaCrosse, which he leases for $317 per month. And how about this one: Congressman Gregory Meeks was recently seen waiting for Congressman John Conyers to step out of Meeks’ Lexus LS460, which Meeks leases for $998 per month.
This is actually not a new story. In fact, Mark and I wrote about this in Caucus of Corruption. We found that Democrats disproportionately chose luxury vehicles well above the average means of their constituents. Yet, public outrage doesn’t seem to last very long.
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