Recently there has been talk of yet another increase in taxes and cuts to Medicare etc. I would like to know whythere hasn't been any mention of expense account cuts for all of our polititians and government employees? On a regular basis I am seeing abuse of expense accounts and abuse of taxpayers money for personal use by public officials and government employees (by government employees I mean all levels of government).
Do taxpayers even understand how their hard earned money is being used to keep these people living the lifestyle they are living? If 4000 polititians in New York State put $50.00 per week ( and we all know it is alot more than that) on their expense account taking someone out to dinner that is $10,400,000.00 per year !! If 4000 polititians put $20.00 per week on their expense account for gas in their vehicle that is another $4,160,000.00 I have seen where 7 people were at a meeting, after the meeting they all decide to go to a somewhat high end restaurant for something to eat. One public official tells the other 6, have what ever you want, I'll just put it on my expense account!! Why are we paying for this stuff? Who pays for our food? WE DO!! Who pays for the gas we put in our vehicles? WE DO!! Why is multi-millions of taxpayers money being used to feed all of these people? Why are we paying for stuff for these people when we have to pay for our own if we want something. Then the first thing out of these people is "Raise Taxes" or "Make cuts" on things that people at our level really need? When is the last time a polititian thanked anyone for their medical insurance? I happen to know a number of people that cant afford to buy it but we are buying it for all these government employees and polititians!!
The abuse of taxpayers money is way way way out of control and I think it needs to start getting questioned!! This stuff is happening everyday on a much higher level than my examples and it has gotten to be no more than a free ride on the taxpayers!! What are all of these politiians actually doing anyway? You can never get ahold of any of them and if or when someone from their office should happen to "get back to you"-gee, sorry there isn't anything we can do to help or you'll have to call someone elses office for that. I have had personal experience on that one too!!
I think it is time to get a true look at the wasteful spending in this state!! The spinning that goes on in this state is nothing more than their way of keeping the public eye off themselves and what they are really doing and that is MAKING us pay out of our own pockets for their fat plush lifestyle!!!
Dave, I beleive there needs
Dave,
I beleive there needs to be accountability, as well as more transparency in all levels of civil service.Instead of all the political flyers sent to the voters, send a detailed accounting of when and where every penny of our hard earned money is spent. My only advice is that the reader be sitting down when reviewing these expenditures.
By detailed, I mean, explain why the resources were used, and how does that coincide with service to the taxpayers. Any entry in such a report should make perfectly clear how and why the resources were used. No hidden costs, no secrets, no "general funds", just facts explaining the expenditures.I know this will never happen, too many bad habits would come to a screaching halt, as well as too much money saved, which certainly doesn't seem to be the goal of many civil servents.