"Kito described the money as a replacement for income he's not making while serving in the Legislature."
Sounds great to me, we'll just put a stop payment on the 50k SALARY you receive for doing the job and let you keep that per diem.
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"Yeah, I've gotta buy a goddamn tie and sport coat and all that stuff, as I let my jeans rot at home,"
It's called "Cost of doing Business".
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"Parish, a freshman legislator, said the per diem policy predates him."
That justifies stealing from the people. Yes, STEALING. Mr. Parish the thousands of $10,00 questions are why there's a $1B question. The $1B question is what the hell were we thinking electing most of you guys.