God, was it on this forum where someone was irate about the city councillors getting a car allowance as part of their compensation, and how it was absolutely egregiously high? Maybe I saw it on Reddit... Anyway, they were vehement that the policy was BS, they should just expense mileage "like the private sector", and it was pointed out that 1) they'd probably end up expensing more in mileage than the car allowance, 2) it's simpler and less expensive overhead (acct.) for the City to just pay them an allowance than to manage mileage on expense reports, and 3) that's precisely why in the private sector many companies pay their employees a car allowance in the first place! The whole thing was just pants-on-head stupid...
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