Oakland area Democrat Congresswoman Barbara Lee is a gigantic fan of Fidel Castro—he doesn’t have to ask permission to steal from the people. She can not live on $174,000! As a Californian she gets a special tax exemption that brings her State taxes down to almost zero—because she needs two homes.
She has a car—but is it in California or D.C. If in D.C., why, she loves public transportation—let her use the Metro. If in California she can use her own car. But like a good socialist, she is cheap—so she charges the taxpayers $507 a month for a car!! She could lease a Nissan Leaf for $200 a month, why does she need more that what she wants us to drive?
“House members had an average monthly car payment of $610.23, according to a report in the Atlanta Constitution-Journal. Lee’s bill, however, was below average at $507.07, according to her office’s statement of disbursement, or $6,084 annually.
Other Bay Area members of Congress using their budget for car payments include, Rep. George Miller, who averages $516.52 per month and the South Bay’s Rep. Anna Eshoo at $392.30.”
Rep. Barbara Lee Charges $500 Monthly Car Lease to Her Congressional Budget
Steven Tavares, ebcitizen, 5/8/14
CONGRESS | 13TH DISTRICT | Sixty-three members of the U.S. House of Representatives use a portion of their congressional office budget to lease personal cars and Oakland Rep. Barbara Lee is one of them.
The expenditure is not illegal, but at a time of financial belt-tightening led by Republicans in the House, the issue rose to prominence last week when Rep. Richard Nugent (R-Fla.) advocated for prohibiting the act of leasing automobiles on taxpayers’ dime. Nugent’s amendment narrowly failed.
According to House rules, members can charge their vehicle leases to the office’s up to $1,000 a month provided they are low greenhouse gas-emitting cars..
House members had an average monthly car payment of $610.23, according to a report in the Atlanta Constitution-Journal. Lee’s bill, however, was below average at $507.07, according to her office’s statement of disbursement, or $6,084 annually.
Other Bay Area members of Congress using their budget for car payments include, Rep. George Miller, who averages $516.52 per month and the South Bay’s Rep. Anna Eshoo at $392.30.
It would be nice if all of us could do that.
But that only happens in imaginary worlds where constituents pay for cars.
I wonder if they get there car insurance paid for also?
May 13, 2014 at 1:11 pm
For Gods sake, what all are the taxpayers paying for these IDIOTS???? CARS!! HOUSES!! VACATIONS!!! On top of all that we are paying them 174,000 dollars a year for part time work!! We are crazy!!!
May 9, 2014 at 9:26 am
That is a simple car but it contains a lot of things I need
May 8, 2014 at 9:53 pm