...or is everything they have to say just spin on some issue? As a follow-up to the proposed rules changes being discussed in Washington following the breaking Jack Abrhamoff bribery scandal, Trent Lott is quoted as saying,
"Now we're going to say you can't have a meal for more than 20 bucks," said Senator Trent Lott, Republican of Mississippi. "Where are you going, to McDonald's?" (From the New York Times)
But this just goes back to my point - stupidity. The proposal doesn't suggest that he can't spend more than $20 for a meal; the proposal is that he can't accept a free meal from a lobbyist worth more than $20. Trent can still go out and spend anything he wants to on a meal as long as it is out of his own pocket. Just like the rest of us.
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