but then, they control the government's spending so they can't resist spending quite a bit of money on themselves. Be sure to throw in a separate retirement system from everyone else, top quality health care (free or nearly so) at the "conviently" nearby Walter Reed and Bethesda military hospitals, subsidized meals and haircuts, the franking priviledge, in house TV studios to make their commercials, private parking lots at DC area airports, and a host of other freebies. All of these predate the Republican control of Congress by decades.

Senior members of Congress are by no means the only government employees who get cars and drivers. A hell of a lot of cabinet members get them, too. Those are considered "perks" of the job that we, the people who pay for everything, are supposed to believe they're entitled to.