Trent Lott can't buy lunch for less than $20

[quaoar]

I take my two kids to McDonald's a lot and we all eat for less than $12. Maybe Lott is upset because his Happy Meal comes with a toy instead of a check.

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/whispers/whisphome.htm

"We’re going to cut meals to $20 a meal. Where are they going to eat? McDonald’s?"
Sen. Trent Lott, sneering at some reform proposals capping the price of lobbyist-paid lunches

[JeffR]

1. quaoar, if you were to eat as much as Trent Lott does

You'd never get by on $20, even at McDonald's.
:popcorn:

[China_cat]

5. Ryan's here has a mega bar lunch

all you can eat for $7.95. About 30 items to choose from, not counting salad and dessert bars.

[JeffR]

7. Yow

I hope ol' Trent doesn't hear about that deal.

[Dr Fate]

20. D.C. has nice Chinese & Soul Food cafes with reasonable menus too.

n/t

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

2. Its also a pizza pie with a few toppings and a 2 liter soda

:eyes:

[ticapnews]

3. No, Trent, you might actually have to spend some of your $150K+ salary

stuffing your face instead of letting the taxpayer or lobbyist do it for you.

[jimshoes]

4. Beats dumpster diving

trent. Been to the inner cities lately?

[shain from kane]

6. Go fishing off your front porch, helmethead.

Catch what you eat,
or eat what you catch, whatever.

[Dr Fate]

8. How much does chicken & a salad cost?

You can even get a nice roast-beef plate or pasta dish for less than $20.00.

As another poster suggested, a pizza or a whole bucket of fried chicken for under $20.000.

I rarely order a meal that costs more than $20.00. Neither does the average working-Joe.

They must be ordering lots of top-shelf alcohol to get the costs up so high...

[shain from kane]

9. Hey, Lott. Harlot. Earn a little extra cash,

by renting out your hairpiece as an umbrella at the beach.

[Deb]

10. It's a new GOP idea for helping American manufacturers

Come on Trent, super size it and help our economy grow. :sarcasm:

[Caution]

11. Umm maybe you can pay for the meal yourself asshole.

[Jacobin]

28. Now there's a thought to ruffle the congressional feathers

Imagine that. A prohibition against bribing congresscritters!!!
What would the world be coming to?

[sandnsea]

34. That was actually his point

Hate to have to defend Trent Lott, but that is exactly what he was saying, I saw it on CSpan. Pay for the meal yourself, 20 bucks for a meal isn't going to buy much anyway.

[acmejack]

12. $20 = 4 hours wages at minimum wage Trent

You must be unaware of that!

[BR_Parkway]

13. Basic Allowance for Subsitance (Military food allowance) is

NEW - 2006 BAS Rates:
Because service members are assigned to a variety of situations, some of which either mandate or prevent obtaining meals from a government facility, there are two types of enlisted BAS, each based on a differing unit circumstances:

Enlisted: $272.26 a month.

Officers: $187.49 a month

Damn Trent, where do you think our troops can eat for that? You greedy bastard.

[melody]

14. Typical elitist moron

Every good restaurant in Los Angeles has menu items well under $20. Where in the hell does he eat?

[Dr Fate]

17. He apparently orders & consumes several high-end cock-tails.

n/t

[quaoar]

24. You don't expect him to drink

generic vodka, do you? It's Absolut or Grey Goose martinis or it's nothing.

That Smirnoff swill is for the rabble.

[Dr Fate]

26. How about a nice glass of beer or house wine- approx $3.00- $6.00

n/t

[quaoar]

29. House wine?

Well, Lott could go to Macaroni Grill and get a stout glass of the house chianti for just a few dollars. Great value and a good wine, too.

But you don't really expect Lott to drink wine that comes in gallon jugs or a screw-top lid, do you? Hell, he probably tips the wine steward more than $20.

[Dr Fate]

30. When my budget is tight, I order a water with a lemon wedge.

And wait and have a beer when I get home.

[melody]

33. I guess if I were Trent Lott, I'd sauce it up, too n/t

[SillyGoose]

15. How fucking dare this fathead complain about about a $20 meal

when hard working people can barely manage to feed their families. I am fuming raging mad about this GD statement. Screw him and the horse this jerk rode in on.

:nuke:

[Dr Fate]

16. $20 buys me 3 or four days worth of groceries.

Loaf of white bread= $2.00

Pound of ground beef= $4.50

One whole chicken= $7.00

1/2 gallon of milk = $2.50

1 dozen eggs = $1.50

That leaves change for a can of tuna and a can of soup...

Lott's statement really should be exploited to show how out-of-touch the Repubs are.

[Contrary1]

41. OMG...where do you live?

Where I shop in Indianapolis, I could buy what's on your list for under $13.

[Dr Fate]

43. Exactly- I was being conservative in my estimates.

I could also get these items for even cheaper- with money left over for fresh fruit & vegetables.

[Mass]

18. He can always pay for his meal. \nt

[Doctor_J]

19. That is one sick fucker

like last year when Delay said "I defy anyone to live on what I make" - $156,000

[Tummler]

21. In fairness to Lott, he's paying for two

Himself, and the creature on top of his head.

[Bob3]

22. pack a damn sandwich okay?

A little brown bagging now and again couldn't hurt you know. Learn how the other half lives.

Jesus. You wonder why they aren't carried around in Sedan Chairs.

[Hyernel]

23. Trent's not worried about affording lunch, but rather affording hookers!

:evilgrin:

[BOSSHOG]

25. QUIT TRENT!

I'm a constituent of yours. If you don't want controls on lobbyists you have given me one more reason to oppose you. If the law does not suit you then quit and go back to P-goula and rebuild your porch.

[cosmicdot]

27. Trent, have you tried the Senate Restaurant?

many moons ago when I had brief employment on Capitol Hill, I ate lunch in a very nice cafeteria under the Capitol ... got an excellent hot meal ...

too common for ya?
not enough glamor as hobnobbing with the K St. crowd at Prime Rib or Mr. K's?
can't eat the corporate-standard chain food the average joe and jill eat?

Senate Restaurant sample menu
http://www.rollcall.com/dining/senate_menu.html

Senate Bean soup for $1.95
Rotisserie Chicken for $4.50
Variety of vegetables at .95
Drink Water

A nutritious meal ... better than McDonalds, and well under $20 ...

or you could stroll over to the Rayburn Cafeteria ...

http://www.rollcall.com/dining/house_menu.html

Chicken Noodle $2.10
Fried Flounder $3.99
veggies at .95

I wish I could eat so well at those prices.

[f-bush]

31. Lott has his head up his ass...

so far, that he can't see the light of day and live like the rest of us do...by our own means and not on the corporate or public dole!

[yellowcanine]

32. Well Trent, you can PACK YOUR LUNCH or PAY FOR IT YOURSELF

the way 99% of the rest of us do.

On edit: At Subway you can get a value meal (6 inch sub, bag of chips, medium drink) for less than $6. Think you can stand that on your salary?

[Dr Fate]

35. Thursday is Italian BMT day- a very hearty meal.

Normal working people who dont get kick-backs eat this stuff all the time.

As far as I'm concerned, ALL congress critters should have to live off beans & franks and powdered milk.

[quaoar]

38. I ate lunch at Subway today

Had a 12-inch roast beef on Italian with a big-ass drink. Paid about $7. I could have bought lunch for myself and Jack Abramoff and had enough left over for chips.

[shain from kane]

39. It has to be kosher for Jack - - - - - off.,

Roast beef on Italian - Doubtful.
Big-ass drink - Maybe.
Chips - Look for the Union label.
Should he be called Onan, instead of Jack - - - - - off?

[Imagevision]

36. $20.00 for lunch? what the heck is a 20...that's cheap!

[Lisa]

37. Mr. Lott -- how about those of us who set aside half of that $20 ...

... so we could send it to your constitutents who were displaced by Katrina? And then we used the remaining $10 for lunch AND supper?

That's what I did for several months last year.

[Lefty48197]

40. Then go to the soup kitchen fuck head.

You poor poor bastard.

[ucmike]

42. how about meeting in your taxpayer provided office

and brown bagging a lunch. then tell the fucking lobbyists that you're not for sale and you're too busy working for the american people to go to lunch.

oh. sorry. i forgot who we were talking about.

[alcibiades_mystery]

44. Why the fuck are you poisoning your children

Seriously. McDonalds? Are you fucking nuts? You may as well have posted here that you smoke cigarettes with your kids.

[JeffR]

45. No mas!

Please don't turn this into another smoking thread. Please.

[quaoar]

46. My kids only smoke Marlboros

And I have a strict rule -- only three beers a day.

[JeffR]

47. Now that's parenting!

Seriously, when I saw that the Dread Demon Tobacco had intruded into the thread, I thought my head would explode.

Now that I've calmed down, it's time for a smoke.