As a basic point of departure, the legislators should get reimbursed for actual expenses of hotel and car rental, etc., rather than with a standard $6,390.00 per diem that they may use in any way they want. As long as their "Per Diem Gravy Train" is chugging along and the dollars keep rolling in for them, there is NO incentive for these people to work hard, compromise, get their work done, stay in Juneau rather than making weekly trips "home", and then adjourn sini die! Alaska also should NOT give legislators Juneau/Douglas real property by allowing them to apply their per diem to Juneau home purchases and payments.