Pentagon rips off America with 1st Class plane tickets

[Loonman]

http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/1107Pentagon-Pricey-Flights-ON.html


Disgraceful.

[HotAndSpicy]

1. Remember this

next time someone says we have to raise taxes because there is no spending left to cut.

There is massive waste, fraud, and abuse that needs to be whacked. And those who abuse and misuse tax payer dollars should face severe punishment consisting of paying back EVERY PENNY, heavy fines, and PRISON time. Period.

[newyawker99]

5. Hi HotAndSpicy!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[TacticalPeek]

2. They need the bigger seats to fit their fat heads.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

3. big surprise

most of these people have known no other life than to spend taxpayer money.

[Old and In the Way]

4. From the Progress Report today

I highly recommend this newsletter from the Center for American Progress...it's published daily and keeps all the lies/outrages up-to-date:


DOD - FLYING THE FRIENDLY SKIES: Responding to a request for an inquiry by Sen. Norm Coleman, the GAO released a report yesterday that revealing that "military and civilian defense officials improperly used government credit cards to buy 68,000 first-class or business-class airline seats when they were supposed to fly coach." The tickets cost the government in excess of $124 million over two years. The GAO reported that John Stenbit, the Assistant Secretary of Defense purchased 17 first class tickets for $68,000, citing an unspecified medical condition. Jack Dyer Crouch, another Assistant Secretary, took 15 luxury trips costing $70,000, justifying the expense by saying he needed to be ready for meetings upon arrival. The Pentagon has convened a task force to investigate.