House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday that the federal government may have to spend even more money to shore up the nation's ailing economy, on top of the more than $1.6 trillion so far approved by Congress.
Judicial Watch Unveils Pelosi's Military Transport Requests
March 10, 2009
Suzanne Heibel--HispanicBusiness.com
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi may have crossed a no-fly zone with taxpayers. Judicial Watch, a conservative government watchdog group, has obtained documents from the Department of Defense that itemize her many requests to use Air Force aircraft for travel as well as the use of additional planes as military escorts. More so, Pelosi often canceled her military travel arrangements just minutes before her flight was scheduled to depart. A DOD official referred to this routine practice as "hidden late fees," due to the large staff needed to prep the plane, prepare meals, and more, that still was paid despite the Speaker's lack of attendance.
Among documents collected by Judicial Watch were emails between the Air Force and Kay King, Director of the House Office of Inter-parliamentary Affairs. In one conversation, King expresses Pelosi's extreme disappointment in the military for failing to provide her with the aircraft she had asked to use. “It is my understanding there are no G5s available for the House during the Memorial Day recess. This is totally unacceptable." "We will have ... a very upset Speaker." A G5 is a small aircraft that, despite being a military vessel, is basically a luxury private jet.
Maybe if Speaker Pelosi could clean up her own department finances and stop wasting taxpayer money on no shows and requests for G5’s , we would not need the additional money for yet another ‘Stimulus Plan.” Yes, Ms. Pelosi, we understand that Rush has his own G5, the difference being that the taxpayers don’t pay for his. Have you ever heard of FlexJet? It’s like your own limo service. I am sure it is much cheaper than military transport.
…Bill
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