Although Sen. Jay Rockefeller comes from one of America’s wealthiest families, he still feels he must travel by private charter at $4,400 a pop and bill taxpayers for the trips, all the while he could take a $206 commercial flight.
He also feels he must charge taxpayers for amounts as little as $12.75 while he is “in and around Charleston.”
His estimated net worth is $100 million and he lives in a $18 million dollar home that has 11 bathrooms on one floor alone.
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It should go back to way it use to be,they had jobs we didn’t pay them being put there by their peers was enough for them. Now they think we should be proud to have them,tell one he a public servant, he or she will have stroke
Scum bag.
Each person elected to office should execute the responsibilities of his or her office on a limited fixed spending account….no exceptions.
When I turned 18, I was so excited to get to vote, have always voted, I have always viewed it as a way to serve my community & nation. For the past 10-12 years, I have continued to vote but feel so incredibly let down by politicians. If I can do my “job” and vote someone in, I expect them to do their “job”, protect the interests of the folks that voted them in, use good judgement, not take bribes, not steel from the tax payers, & for crying out loud, can the IL politicians please stay out of prison? Really, is that so much to ask for? Yes, I am jaded!
You would think he would say to himself, “damn, I so fortunate, why don’t I just pay my own way cause I can and save the taxpayer the expense of my office”. I don’t know if it is arrogance, greed, entitlement, or stupidity but it is definitely not leadership!
These privileged few are going to be rudely awakened one day!
The first democracy in Athens never use elections. They use the lots to select 50 men from the each of the 10 tribes for 1 year with the term limits of 2 years. The reason is that the rich aristrocrats would use their wealth and positions to get themselves elected and to form political factions to overthrow democracy to establish an oligarchy. The American history proved the Athenians to be the better realists than us romantic and deluded Americans. Abolish the elections.
Vote him out!!
Sounds like he has a good racket going. He is probably a silent partner of the charter air company.
Not everyone liked M. Bloomberg of NYC but he paid his own way and then some. Some people are stingy and not very likable. But Democrats don’t seem to learn how to change their vote when they are displeased.