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| House Orders Three Jets |
| 2009-08-05 |
| And that's just for Nancy's private use. "Last year, lawmakers excoriated the CEOs of the Big Three automakers for traveling to Washington, D.C., by private jet to attend a hearing about a possible bailout of their companies," Roll Call reports. Used Chevy Cobalt carpools for you Capitalist Pigs. And the Chairman better be the once driving. "But apparently Congress is not philosophically averse to private air travel: At the end of July, the House approved nearly $200 million It's not so bad when you think of it as only .01% of a 2,000,000 Million $ deficit. for the Air Force to buy three elite Gulfstream jets for ferrying top government officials and Members of Congress." That's only 6000 gallons of jet fuel for each San Fran-Wash DC round trip. Or 10 years of the average car driver's wasteful (e.g. going to work) total gasoline usage. The Air Force had asked for one jet as part of an upgrade program, but the House Appropriations Committee added two more at its own discretion. You don't really expect the staff to fly commerical? Seriously. Via Instapundit |
| Posted by:ed |
| #1 I recall that back when Eclipse was a going concern their jets cost about 2 million a piece. Instead of three jets for the important congressmen, they could buy enough smaller ones to carry _all_ the congressmen. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-08-05 23:59 |