Comments on Advance Indiana™: Ethics Group Files Complaint Against Congressmen's Frat House Digs

Varan, HFFT is not the boss. The congressmen are ...

2011-02-14T17:55:35.186-05:00

Varan,

HFFT is not the boss. The congressmen are the boss. Therein lies the difference.

They're private office areas are usually large...

2011-02-13T22:30:52.817-05:00

They're private office areas are usually large enough to have a sitting area with a sofa and chairs. I suppose you could have a sleeper sofa.

How big are these offices? Is there room for a be...

2011-02-13T21:53:25.509-05:00

How big are these offices? Is there room for a bed or are they sleeping on sofas or in sleeping bags? I'm trying to picture it and having a hard time doing so. I think there would be serious burn-out after a while. Then everyone will get cranky and crabby and morale and the quality of the work will suffer.

I think sleeping in your office is tacky. With th...

2011-02-13T16:25:56.971-05:00

I think sleeping in your office is tacky. With the money they are making and most of them are already millionaires, I would think that 2 or 3 of them could share an apartment.

This situation is the extreme opposite of the cong...

2011-02-13T11:09:15.958-05:00

This situation is the extreme opposite of the congressmen who buy homes and move their families to D.C. like Evan Bayh, Dick Lugar and Dan Coats. When they become residents of Washington, they lose touch with the people they are suppose to represent. CREW, interestingly, found nothing wrong with Rahm Emanuel living in another congresswoman's house rent-free who happened to be married to a big time D.C. lobbyist, or at least it didn't file a complaint against him. Some members of Congress live with one of their staffers while they're working in Washington, sometimes contributing rent and sometimes not. Congressmen, unlike other taxpayers, have an incentive to maintain a second home in Washington because they are afforded a special tax break to deduct the expense. You'll also find some members of Congress who make their staff drive them everywhere in the staffer's car at the staffer's expense as part of their job.

HFFT, would your employer allow you to stay in the...

2011-02-13T08:32:48.141-05:00

HFFT, would your employer allow you to stay in the office insteqd of maintaining a domicile?

And, who over ther is enforcing codes? Pretty sure those offices aren't meant to be used as living spaces.

I think it is rather pathetic, considering just how much money they make. They could at least live in a boarding house.

They are staying there to save money, right? I&#...

2011-02-12T21:02:11.687-05:00

They are staying there to save money, right?

I'd rather they do that than use their positions to enrich themselves like most of Congress seems to do.

Wow, this will surely expose them for the partisan...

2011-02-12T16:03:32.332-05:00

Wow, this will surely expose them for the partisan hacks that they really are.

How is this any different than Indiana? Instead o...

2011-02-12T12:39:09.341-05:00

How is this any different than Indiana? Instead of worrying about jobs or the state budget we are pushing bills about same sex marriage and immigration.

All the stuff going on in DC and this is what they...

2011-02-12T12:15:28.975-05:00

All the stuff going on in DC and this is what they're worried about?