Riding Fine On The Taxpayer's Dime

Via Instapundit is this CBS2 New York story about a little known perk that congressmen get, a car leasing program that pays for everything and some are renting some mighty fine wheels with those funds. Of course the story doesn't mention party affiliation so that leads me to believe they are all Democrats since Charlie Rangel is one of them highlighted.

You may not realize it, but members of the House of Representatives can lease a car and have it paid for by you -- the taxpayer. And it's not just the car, but gas, registration, insurance … the works.

And as CBS 2 HD found out, there's no limit on how much they can spend.

Congressman Charles Rangel was recently seen getting out of his Cadillac DeVille, which he leases for $774 per month. Then there was Congressman Jose Serrano, getting out of his Buick LaCrosse, which he leases for $317 per month. And how about this one: Congressman Gregory Meeks was recently seen waiting for Congressman John Conyers to step out of Meeks' Lexus LS460, which Meeks leases for $998 per month.

All those leases are picked up by taxpayers through a little-known program available only to members of the House of Representatives.