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[a673teamster]

By Tommy Christopher
Sep 9th 2008 10:59AM

In a story that actually includes the sentence,"...the former governor was moose hunting and could not be reached to comment," the Washington Post is reporting today that self-styled "Maverick" government reformer Sarah Palin drew a per diem for travel expenses while staying in her home:
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has billed taxpayers for 312 nights spent in her own home during her first 19 months in office, charging a "per diem" allowance intended to cover meals and incidental expenses while traveling on state business.
The report goes on to say that the expense is within the applicable rules, but are these the actions of a lean, mean crusader against government waste?
On the other hand, the $16,9551.00 in per diem expenses she collected while staying at home could have been a lot more. I understand she used Expedia to find the lowest fare from her living room to her kitchen.

Full story here http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008...r-staying-home/

[bamamike]

a673teamster, on Sep 9 2008, 08:23 PM, said:

By Tommy Christopher
Sep 9th 2008 10:59AM

In a story that actually includes the sentence,"...the former governor was moose hunting and could not be reached to comment," the Washington Post is reporting today that self-styled "Maverick" government reformer Sarah Palin drew a per diem for travel expenses while staying in her home:
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has billed taxpayers for 312 nights spent in her own home during her first 19 months in office, charging a "per diem" allowance intended to cover meals and incidental expenses while traveling on state business.
The report goes on to say that the expense is within the applicable rules, but are these the actions of a lean, mean crusader against government waste?
On the other hand, the $16,9551.00 in per diem expenses she collected while staying at home could have been a lot more. I understand she used Expedia to find the lowest fare from her living room to her kitchen.

Full story here http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008...r-staying-home/

Now since her "home" is so far from the capitol, I don't see a problem. Maybe she should have just stayed in a hotel?

[Farley]

If this was a Teamster doing the per diem fraud, the EPC and IRB would be all over it, and the Justice Department would ban membership for life and ban association with any other Teamster. Maybe the Justice Department needs to file a RICO action against the GOP, and install Government overseers to insure that the corruption is rooted out. But if they expelled all of the dishonest corrupt GOPers, only kooky Ron Paul would remain, an "Army of One!"
It is becoming evident that Sarah Palin is a deeply dishonest person from this taudry practice to her outright falsehoods in her stump speech.