CORPORATE JUNKETS BAD, CONGRESSIONAL JUNKETS GOOD!

But as they fume over inflated salaries and lavish travel by executives whose companies are on the federal dole, members of Congress are getting a raise, and making travel plans. . . . Lobbyists may not directly pay for lawmakers’ travel and meals, under recently strengthened Congressional ethics rules. So instead, corporations contribute to tax-exempt groups — and those groups pay for lawmakers to attend events.

So that’s completely different, then.