Senators Enjoy Taxpayer-Subsidized Meals

Last year, our tax dollars subsidized Senate meals to the tune of $13,000 per senator. The august body is now arguing over whether to privatize Senate food operations, which have been losing money for years.

This should be a no-brainer. MercuryNews.com points out that while privatized House restaurant operations have made $1.2 million over the past five years, the Senate operations have lost almost $5 million.

This illustrates two important points:

1) Private enterprise can do things much more efficiently than the government.

2) Our senators are incompetent. They can't even run their own restaurant within budget, so is it any wonder they've screwed things up so badly?