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lapfog_1

(31,982 posts)
12. 2 weeks ago
Wed May 13, 2026, 03:59 PM
May 13

I attended an off site luncheon at a nice California winery. This was the entire Advanced Technology division for a major tech company. All 220 of us were there, flown in from all over the planet for a week long mission planning session. First time we have all met in person in 10 years. I can't imagine what the bar / food tab was for the event, but I imagine it ran close to $200 / person or over $40,000. BTW this also made sure that dozens of staff at the winery got a nice payday, as well as the charter bus drivers, etc. I don't ever expect to attend another such event since I will likely retire before another 5 years passes, so it was great to put faces with names / voices that I meet with virtually.

Also, the Senators $7000 bar tab for a 50 person party was NOT paid for by tax payers, it was paid out of his campaign funds ( donors ).

Ka$h can just go fuck himself.

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