$40 million is a lot of money. Sometimes it's worth spending. Usually it's not:
Rep. Cliff Stearns, Florida Republican, took to the House floor last week to talk about the more than 1,000 people who accompanied President Clinton to China and the $40 million the trip cost.
The retinue "included six members of Congress, five Cabinet officials who each brought almost 40 staff members, a chief of staff, a deputy chief of staff, a national security adviser, a deputy national security adviser, a press secretary, a deputy press secretary, five stenographers, two White House television crews, a valet for the president and a hairdresser for Mrs. Clinton, the president's private secretary and the White House staff secretary, speechwriters and re-writers, doctors and lawyers, snipers, commandoes, bomb-sniffing dogs, and, of course, 375 reporters and photographers."
The congressman added: "Vice President Gore must have felt like the kid in 'Home Alone.' They spent more in 10 days than Judge Starr spent in three years." |
