The original post had to do with "Obama's kids going to Mexico on the taxpayers dime and falls along the same lines as the close to a million the GSA spent on a convention.

Boondoggles are a way of life in both the public and private sectors. People who don't get to go can be labeled as being envyous.

However there are other reasons. For instance underlings as insructed from their higher ups could be working to contain expenses while the upper echleon travel to exotic places. I don't think envy is the feeling these underlings would be exhibiting toward their superiors in this example.

The same applies to te president and congress. They are our leaders and they should lead by example but they don't.

There is also one other aspect to this scenario too often those that reward themselves in such manner rarely deserve it.

Boondoggles are elitist and divisive but they will always be because some folks just think too much of themselves not to want such rewards. Sad commentary but true