Nightline (ABC) - 1992-04-16
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[0:00] Seven.
[0:02] What if a limousine was always at your
[0:05] disposal? A jet could whisk you to
[0:07] vacations anywhere. And when you say
[0:11] tennis anyone, you really mean anyone.
[0:15] And forget about a bill, someone else is
[0:17] taking care of it. The American
[0:19] taxpayer. In the war of the perks in
[0:22] Washington, the White House is now under
[0:24] fire. And it's discovering that
[0:26] appearances can be everything.
[0:29] [Music]
[0:36] This is ABC News Night Line. Reporting
[0:39] from Washington, Ted Cppel.
[0:43] Let me tell you something about perks.
[0:45] The less you need them, the more they
[0:47] get offered. Poor people don't get
[0:49] perks. People without some sort of
[0:51] influence don't get perks. People like
[0:54] me, for example, neither poor nor
[0:56] without influence, get off at perks all
[0:58] the time. Sometimes they are little
[1:00] perks, like this luggage tag, which
[1:02] arrived in the mail today. It's a nice
[1:05] leather tag with a brass plate that has
[1:07] my name engraved on it. It came with a
[1:10] handwritten note from my friend Dick,
[1:12] who is the Southeast Region account
[1:13] manager for an airline. Dick wanted to
[1:16] express his sincere appreciation for my
[1:18] loyalty to his airline on my many
[1:21] flights to Japan. Actually, I haven't
[1:23] made many flights to Japan, and I've
[1:25] only flown Dick's airline once. Also, I
[1:28] don't think I would know Dick if I
[1:30] tripped over him. But should I send his
[1:32] luggage tag back in righteous
[1:34] indignation? It's got my name engraved
[1:36] on it. No one else can use it. And I
[1:38] don't believe that Dick or anyone he
[1:40] works for thinks I can be had for a
[1:42] luggage tag. And anyway, making a scene
[1:45] over a l