I saw a report today that Sen. Ensign paid his girlfriend $25,000. Then a later report that even his parents paid her family almost $100,000. This no doubt on top of everything else the family and the woman were able to get by way of employment, whatever.
Wow. Reminds me of Henny Youngman's line, "Take my wife, please." These kind of benefits, wowsa!
P.S. "Hi, Mom and Dad. I have good news and bad news. The good news is I met a great girl. The bad news is you need to raise my allowance."