Who really cares if the United States is broke? It’s just another “do as I say, not as I do” day in Washington. Despite the fact that not even the bill’s sponsor, the dishonorable Henry Waxman, actually read all 900+ pages of his cap & trade tax legislation before voting it out of committee (the very same legislation that is intended to “curb” pollution, particularly that of automobiles), the House apparently thinks it might be a good idea to spend at least $68 million to renovate two parking garages used ONLY by members of Congress and their staff.
Do the math. There are 435 members in the House of Representatives so it works out to spending $156,322 per Representative for private parking. Just like the most tender of pork, it’s being baked into the proposed $753 million renovation of the Cannon House Office Building since the garages are just south of it.
Of course, estimates for renovations could be off by as much as “40 percent,” Terrell Dorn, the director of physical infrastructure issues for the Government Accountability Office (GAO) testified to the House Committee on House Administration. So do a little more math and that means spending a whopping $218,850.57 per Representative. For private parking.
The great irony? This is all right next to a Washington Metro subway station. Which is a most convenient way for all of these hasty “green” Representatives to save on fossil fuel and cut down on carbon emissions. But just like President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Al Gore, and all the other breast-beating “environmentalists”, any sacrifice required to be “green” is only a sacrifice to be made by everyone else.
Do I really need to even mention it’s also yet more waste of our tax dollars?