Can politicians read? Apparently not, especially those whom we have elected to represent us in Harrisburg. In an article written on January 15-16, 2013, the corrupt, self-serving, special interest of our state leaders once again made the news. Representative Dom Costa, D-Allegheny said that his collection of $55,495 in per-diems, on top of his $83,802 salary, is just “part of the job.”