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re: Should Gov't officials be able to use tax payer jets for personal trips?
Posted on 8/12/14 at 2:26 pm to Sid in Lakeshore
Posted on 8/12/14 at 2:26 pm to Sid in Lakeshore
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Excuse me Mr. Putin, could you please hold off on that attack, my Sec Def is at the races and I cant get a hold of him.......Nice Govt you idiots would run.
even if he had a private jet there...if there were no telecoms, YOU STILL COULDNT REACH HIM.
logic fail.
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Posted on 8/12/14 at 2:27 pm to Sid in Lakeshore
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Disagree. There are certain levels of service where this is warranted. Atty Gnrl is one. All Cabinet level positions, IMHO....
We need these guys safe and available at all times... It's in the interest of the USA.
This is a stupid thread.
I agree. These cabinet positions are in line for the presidency should something crazy happen. We need them beyond the reach of dangerous people.
With that said, the article said holder's daughters and their boyfriends were passengers to the belmont stakes, in that regard, this is an interesting pic...
Posted on 8/12/14 at 2:30 pm to Sid in Lakeshore
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And BTW pretty much any SHTF event for the President is a SHTF event for the AG.
Meh. Not always.
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The AG is THE principal legal advisor for the office of the President.
FIFY (pet peeve)
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You do want your President to act within the confines of the LAW don't you?
It would be out of character for him, but a welcome change.
:rimshot:
(couldn't help myself, you walked into that one)
Posted on 8/12/14 at 2:32 pm to Sentrius
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this is an interesting pic...
A ginger?
Posted on 8/12/14 at 2:32 pm to bamarep
What's rather ironic is that they spend billions on the TSA and Homeland Security to make air travel safe for all of us, but it isn't safe enough for the Attorney General?
Posted on 8/12/14 at 2:35 pm to Golfer
quote:You want the "ruling class" to mingle with the peasants.
What's rather ironic is that they spend billions on the TSA and Homeland Security to make air travel safe for all of us, but it isn't safe enough for the Attorney General?
Posted on 8/12/14 at 2:37 pm to CptBengal
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logic fail.
Which is why he needs a govt. jet, to physically move him to the President, even when all commercial traffic is grounded.
Jesus Christ people. I give up.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 2:38 pm to Sentrius
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this is an interesting pic...
IWHI....(If 18 yrs old)
Posted on 8/12/14 at 2:40 pm to Sid in Lakeshore
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Which is why he needs a govt. jet, to physically move him to the President, even when all commercial traffic is grounded.
We have military aircraft in the air all the time. ALL THE TIME.
ALL
THE
TIME.
have one land and pick him up.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 2:40 pm to CptBengal
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pelosi had a 365,000 a year bar tab while in the air as Speaker.
I remember that she was flying back and forth on Govt air.... Can't say that I believe she had a $365,000 bar tab. LOL.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 2:42 pm to CptBengal
arguments for arguments sake.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 2:47 pm to Sid in Lakeshore
quote:You are correct...........it was $101,000.
Can't say that I believe she had a $365,000 bar tab. LOL.
LINK
Posted on 8/12/14 at 2:50 pm to Sid in Lakeshore
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Which is why he needs a govt. jet, to physically move him to the President, even when all commercial traffic is grounded.
Come on. He has one. For official use. Not for personal use. He is not a ruling class. He is a servant of the American people.
This post was edited on 8/12/14 at 3:01 pm
Posted on 8/12/14 at 2:51 pm to Sid in Lakeshore
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Disagree. There are certain levels of service where this is warranted. Atty Gnrl is one. All Cabinet level positions, IMHO....
Actually it's not an entitlement for all Cabinet-level officials. I know I read an article about Tim Geithner and his detail passing unscreened through airports when he was at treasury (people were pissed that they weren't stopped). I'm sure someone can find the reg, but I believe only State, Defense, Justice, and DHS receive that kind of fulltime support.
From a security perspective, there's really nothing to be done about it unless we lock them down or charge them such exorbitant fees that they spend their entire salaries on a few flights.
FTR, I've legally used taxpayer dollars to take personal trips, and the check that I had to write was much smaller.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 3:12 pm to Navytiger74
quote:He had to pay $995 or just under $200 per person, which is the market price for a flight from D.C. to NYC.
FTR, I've legally used taxpayer dollars to take personal trips, and the check that I had to write was much smaller
Posted on 8/12/14 at 3:18 pm to Navytiger74
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I believe only State, Defense, Justice, and DHS receive that kind of fulltime support.
Seems resonable. I wold have a hrd time justifying it for the Sec of Labor or the Head of the EPA. But I can see it for the AG, no problem.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 3:20 pm to Wolfhound45
quote:Racist!
He is a servant of the American people.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 3:21 pm to dante
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Can't say that I believe she had a $365,000 bar tab. LOL.
You are correct...........it was $101,000.
LINK
Holy shite, how does one drink that much? And honestly, aren't a lot of her beverages comped anyway?
Posted on 8/12/14 at 3:30 pm to dante
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dante
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But that single receipt makes up just part of the more than $101,000 taxpayers paid for "in-flight services" – including food and liquor, for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trips on Air Force jets over the last two years. That's almost $1,000 per week.
Documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by Judicial Watch, which investigates and prosecutes government corruption, show Pelosi incurred expenses of some $2.1 million for her use of Air Force jets for travel over that time.
Now THAT is money down the drain.
Posted on 8/12/14 at 3:31 pm to Sid in Lakeshore
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almost $1,000 per week.
wow.
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