If you ever see the word “Free” the first response is the most important. How or why are probably the two most important questions. In this case, the “how” is because the taxpayer is paying for it, and the “why” - Well your guess is as good as mine. Of course you can always just say “yes” first, of course that is the primary way people end up in the paper (When they don’t want to be.)
Here is a snippet of the story:
Charles B. Rangel, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, is not so caught up in the question of gas mileage. He leases a 2004 Cadillac DeVille for $777.54 a month. The car is 17 feet long with a 300-horsepower engine and seats five comfortably.
“It’s one of the bigger Cadillacs,” Mr. Rangel, of Harlem, said cheerfully this week. “I’ve got a desk in it. It’s like an airplane.”
Modest or more luxurious, the cars are all paid for by taxpayers. The use of a car — gas included — is one of the benefits of being a member of the House of Representatives.
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