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Monday, May 19, 2008

PA lawmakers stick taxpayers for gas money

As if you needed another reason to get mad about the most expensive state legislature in the country, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that many Pennsylvania lawmakers continue to drive around in gas-guzzling SUVs while sticking taxpayers with the bill for the gas.

"In the real world, workers pay the price to commute," Eric Epstein, founder of RockTheCapital.org, told the newspaper. "You cannot feel the consumers' pain by driving a gas guzzler to the gas station and then fill your tank up with a taxpayer credit card."

Read the full story, "They feel your pain, but not at the pump," here.

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