Leadership PACs Fund Millions in Mysterious Spending = enjoying lavish lifestyles

[Coyotl]

$36,000 for restaurants in 2 years ............

Leadership PACs Fund Millions in Mysterious Spending
By Phil Rogers and Katy Smyser
Feb 24, 2014 http://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/Leadership-PACs-Fund-Millions-in-Mysterious-Spending-246995551.html

Many members of Congress appear to be enjoying lavish lifestyles, funded by political action committees which require little or no documentation.

For many Chicago families, vacation dreams often involve, at best, a trip to the Wisconsin Dells or the Indiana Dunes. A stay at the Beverly Hills Hotel or the Wynn in Las Vegas would be far outside the family budget.

But many of the members of Congress those same families elect appear to enjoy lavish lifestyles, funded by political action committees which require little or no documentation. The so-called Leadership PACs were designed to provide congressmen with funds to donate to candidates and causes they support. But regulation is scant, and the detail provided by the keepers of those funds is often most always kept to the bare minimum.

........... "Members of Congress can lead much more extravagant lifestyles than their salaries would suggest, mostly because of leadership PAC funds," Sloan said. "And this is entirely hidden, and this is the kind of story which most constituents know nothing about."

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[Warpy]

1. That's a good thing since most of them are right wing

Enjoying a lifestyle that would have made Caesar blush costs a huge amount of money and that money will not be spent on lies and hatred in campaign advertising.

In addition, the suckers are going to be disillusioned if the reality of the situation ever sinks in.