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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
You are blurring the lines between private sector vs public. Yes meal costs and expenses should be covered but even with private companies they are scrutinized as expense reports have to be filled out with specifics. It seems like Redford had blank cheques and nobody to answer to. Last I heard it's not normal even for executives to fly around family on company dime.
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You are blurring the lines with my comment (which was about expense claims
in general) with Redford's inappropriate expenses
in specific. Fire of the Phoenix started this tangent when he said the following:
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The whole idea of defending government officials for expensing personal obligations via public money (any amount) is truly funny. These are all (mostly) individuals who are very wealthy before being elected and then are compensated quite well while in office too (they also get bloated pensions for their new 'career'). The fact that they can't pay their own relatively modest obligations (a $200 meal, $4000 lawyer dues, etc) is quite telling.
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Why can't they pay their own way?
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That's just an incredibly stupid thing to say. Redford's misuse of public funds is inexcusable, but that doesn't at all mean that public officials should be forced to personally pay for travel, meals, etc. incurred while conducting government business, which is what Fire of the Phoenix was suggesting.