Year after year, decade upon decade, the U.S. Senate's network of restaurants has lost staggering amounts of money -- more than $18 million since 1993, according to one report, and an estimated $2 million this year alone, according to another.
The financial condition of the world's most exclusive dining hall and its affiliated Capitol Hill restaurants, cafeterias and coffee shops has become so dire that, without a $250,000 subsidy from taxpayers, the Senate won't make payroll next month.
The embarrassment of the Senate food service struggling like some neighborhood pizza joint has quietly sparked change previously unthinkable for Democrats. Last week, in a late-night voice vote, the Senate agreed to privatize the operation of its food service, a decision that would, for the first time, put it under the control of a contractor and all but guarantee lower wages and benefits for the outfit's new hires.
Out of curiosity, how much money can the US government lose on our national healthcare system? Well, so far they've lost 27 trillion just for healthcare for our seniors.
I wonder if they sell arugula at that cafeteria?
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i heard the food is good though
I hear the food is better over in the House cafeteria, that was privatized years ago, than in the socialized Senate cafeteria.
Maybe they should start charging for rides on that little shuttle that runs under the the Capitol.
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