As a result of a Judicial Watch filing under the Freedom of Information Act, the USAF released documents detailing House Speaker Pelosi's use of United States Air Force aircraft between March 2009 and June 2010. The data are published in the Judicial Watch Verdict of December 2010, Volume 16, Issue 12.
Here are the main highlights revealed by the USAF. Keep in mind that all the data below relate to United States Air Force aircraft used by one woman over a sixteen month period.
Several of these flights included Ms Pelosi's guests such as grown children, grand children, various in-laws, friends, and hangers-on. Over 95% of the trips were between the west coast and Washington, DC or what we might call a commute between home and the office.
Total trips: 85 trips over a 68 week period or 1.25 average trips per week.
Total mileage: 206,264 miles or 2,427 average miles per trip
Total flying time: 428.6 hours or an average of 5 hrs per trip
Cost to the taxpayers: $2,100,744.59 or $27,715.00 per trip or $1,285,162.00 per year
Cost of in flight food and alcohol: $101,429.14 or $1,193.00 per trip or $62,051.00 per year
On one trip to Baghdad, according to the Air Force report, she had the aircraft bar stocked with Johnny Walker Red Scotch, Grey Goose Vodka, E&J Brandy, Bailey's Irish Creme, Maker's Mark whiskey, Courvoisier Cognac, Bacardi Rum, Jim Beam Whiskey, Beefeater Gin, Dewars Scotch, Bombay Sapphire Gin, Jack Daniels Whiskey, Corona Beer and several varieties of wine.
2.7 MILLION in travel costs for the Speaker of the HOUSE!!? AND she wants the cream of the crop alcohol on the plane too?? The worst part??? This imperial "I know whats best for the rest of you" "representative" (and I use that term derisively) thinks she DESERVES it and see nothing wrong and is not embarrassed. The sad thing? EVERY SINGLE ONE of the rest of them use and abuse theses perks. How does a Senator justify a 60-120 person staff? Pay raises while the rest of the country gets laid off and loses their homes? How do they collect a salary like theirs for a PART TIME JOB!! All the while spending millions attempting to be RE-ELECTED!? They don't represent us anymore. They RULE us and gouge us while living like kings and queens. And they don't even bother trying to hide it any more.
ReplyDeletetypical, a politican and a DRUNK
ReplyDeletei want to know what the speakers before her spent for the same kind of time period
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