[citation][nom]rdhood[/nom]$243,000 in personal meals in 2008? That's a meal allowance of $665 a day.If he had one meal a week, then that was a $4673 meal. Three meals a week, $1550 each.That's 3x/4x that salary of the average employee!He definitely had the Marie Antoinette complex.[/citation]
With expensive wine, this figure is rather easy to reach. European politicians know everything about that.