18k rent for an office space?

[Sam]

Originally Posted by Praxeas

The House Speaker's district office in the new federal building in San Francisco costs a whopping $18,736 a month -- the highest rental paid by any member of the House -- or, more precisely, the highest rental paid by taxpayers on behalf of a member of the House. The rental price was reported by Roll Call on Monday.

Pelosi's constituency hasn't significantly expanded in size, but her San Francisco staff has increased to a size that requires a larger space for files and storage, he said -- though he did not provide a precise number. The difference in office size is approximately 1,000 square feet, he said.
Roll Call reported Monday that Pelosi's new office space costs almost double that of the next-highest rental office held by a House member. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., reportedly pays just under $10,600 a month for his office in New York's Soho neighborhood.


The newspaper, which cites a database produced by the Sunlight Foundation, also reports that other lawmakers, like Democratic Reps. Stephen Lynch of Boston and Diane Watson of Los Angeles, pay exorbitant rental fees for their offices -- $9,000 to $10,000 a month.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...est=latestnews


Read the report to see what her excuse was

These folks are so out of touch with reality and have no regard for the people who voted them in and who pay their salaries and expenses. Once they begin to feed at the public trough their whole purpose in life is to keep their position with all its perks and graft and PAC's (payoff and corruption) or to move up the government food chain with greater power, perks, prestige, position, payoffs, etc. The "little people" back home are completely irrelevant. I wonder what would happen if we just cleaned out every incumbent.