Jan 21 2008
professional enrichment tour
I learned a new term at one of our subcommittee hearings on spending caps – professional enrichment. As you know, the spending caps may apply to local government as well as state government. This possibility has brought municipality representatives ( or munis pronounced m-yew-nees) out of the woodwork. We hear the usual whining how this cap would jeopardize public safety, law enforcement, blah blah blah. I just had to ask a muni this question: “we hear a lot about exorbitant traveling by government officials, doesn’t spending caps put these trips in jeopardy?”
I was informed that “professional enrichment” is an important part of public service and these expenses account for only a fraction of government spending.
Spin it how you may, but I don’t understand why the taxpayer should fork out their hard earned money for digs the average constituent could never afford.
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May 22, 2008 @ 14:29:25
ekibastos
ekibastos
Jan 26, 2008 @ 20:00:41
I’m not at all opposed to training of those in government service, it is the exhorbitant traveling costs that concern me. For example this summer members of the SC Association of School Administrators met a Myrtle Beach’s Kingston Plantation for 6 nights (~318/night) and the SC Association of Counties trekked down to Hilton Head’s Marriott Resort for 3 nights (~188/night).
Jan 22, 2008 @ 19:37:32
What exactly are you against? Does ‘professional enrichment’ mean things like job training and conferences?