Delta suspends Congressional perks amid DHS shutdown

[arkflyr]

I doubt it will move the needle much but way to go Delta!

Delta suspends 'specialty services' perk for members of Congress, cites DHS shutdown

Delta Air Lines' move comes as airports around the U.S. are seeing extra-long security lines as a result of elevated absences by TSA agents.

www.cnbc.com

 

[MikeD]

Why are there any congressional perks at all?

 

[Bob Ridpath]

Good! I echo Mike's question.

Long time ago there was such a thing as a "pastoral discount" at certain stores. I always refused it. In later years, doing ride-along with various police agencies, discounts were offered at certain places and - in my experience - always politely declined.

This Congress especially deserves no perks for their title and lack of doing their job for the benefit of the Republic.

 

[Sculprit]

I hope other airlines follow suit. As mentioned above, perhaps never reinstate them.

 

[Skåning]

Yet they still get to keep the best perk of all – insider trading

 

[Hiboglossi]

Why are there any congressional perks at all?

Relatively inexpensive way to butter up members of Congress for when they need to lobby them for something.

 

[phill1174]

This isn’t surprising but good to hear. Delta and ATL airport have been on the moral side of recent events if anyone has been paying attention.

 

[JDean3204]

I wish the perks of their paycheck would go bye bye, can’t do your job and get an agreement, you don’t get paid. Stop ruining hard working people’s lives for your political games, BOTH sides. Although, most are probably well insulated with all of their income streams that makes them multi millionaires on a couple hundy a year..

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[Roger Roger]

I wish the perks of their paycheck would go bye bye, can’t do your job and get an agreement, you don’t get paid. Stop ruining hard working people’s lives for your political games, BOTH sides. Although, most are probably well insulated with all of their income streams that makes them multi millionaires on a couple hundy a year..

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If only one of the parties had, multiple times, advanced bills that would cleanly fund airport screening and other non-ICE/CBP functions of DHS. And if only that one party had gotten the bill through the senate. But then it was blocked by house leadership which belongs to ONE party. Then would you finally admit that maybe it’s not a both sides problem?