Re: 100 air miles equals 115 road miles, or more

realitytrucker wrote:
It's the federal government. They're paid to make things more
complicated.

Loopholes in government are funny sometimes. For example the Apollo
astronauts put in for per diem pay for their trips to the moon. Here
is a quote from Charlie Duke, Apollo 16 LMP.

" I was a lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force. And I got
paid what every other lieutenant colonel got paid. It wasn't a big
salary but it was adequate. So, we didn't get a million bucks for
going to the moon, though the trip to the moon is a little extra pay
in military terminology. A trip to the moon is temporary duty. And so
they pay you per diem when you're on temporary duty. And so we had $25
a day per diem, we were gone for eleven days, at $275. However,
government quarters and meals were furnished so they deducted that
part. I tried to get them to pay me a nickel a mile for travel. They
said government transportation was furnished also. "

Tee he

Chris

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