Why we need new ones

This article shows how much value your congressmen put on your ability to stay focused for more that five seconds. They spend money like a sailor on leave and expect you not to notice and or forget before election time.
Enjoy

WASHINGTON -- Florida Rep. Alcee Hastings spent $24,730 in taxpayer money last year to lease a 2008 luxury Lexus hybrid sedan. Ohio Rep. Michael Turner expensed a $1,435 digital camera. Eni Faleomavaega, the House delegate from American Samoa, bought two 46-inch Sony TVs. Rep. Howard Berman expensed $84,000 worth of personalized calendars, printed by the U.S. Capitol Historical Society, for his constituents.

So, were these expenses important purchases made to assist them in doing their jobs?

The records show that some lawmakers spent heavily in the final months of the year to draw down allowances before the end of December -- a time when U.S. households were paring their budgets and lawmakers were criticizing Detroit auto executives for taking private aircraft to Washington to plead their case for taxpayer funding.

Sounds more like they didn't want the money to go back to the taxpayer and went to the old corporate adage "spend it or lose it", or they were buying votes with fancy calendars. I will give the article props for giving party affiliation.Even though they highlighted these hypocrites , I wouldn't bet money that they were the only ones doing this kind of stuff.