Price took military jets to Europe, Asia for over $500K
Source: Politico
Accompanied by his wife, the HHS secretary journeyed to Geneva, Berlin, Beijing, Tokyo and other cities for events.
By RACHANA PRADHAN and DAN DIAMOND 09/28/2017 06:56 PM EDT
The White House approved the use of military aircraft for multi-national trips by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price to Africa and Europe this spring, and to Asia in the summer, at a cost of more than $500,000 to taxpayers.
The overseas trips bring the total cost to taxpayers of Prices travels to more than $1 million since May, according to a POLITICO review.
Price pledged on Thursday to reimburse the government for the cost of his own seat on his domestic trips using private aircraft reportedly around $52,000 but that would not include the cost of the military flights.
Prices wife, Betty, accompanied him on the military flights, while other members of the secretarys delegation flew commercially to Europe.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/28/tom-price-military-jets-europe-asia-hhs-243276
msongs
(67,458 posts)dalton99a
(81,635 posts)And he is still on the public payroll
brush
(53,918 posts)And he's only paying back 53k.
He'll scheme out how to get that back on the taxpayers back.
Laurian
(2,593 posts)Fuckers don't need a tax cut, they're robbing us blind without it.
July
(4,751 posts)Maybe I'm crazy, but in 8 months the HHS secretary has to visit all of these cities abroad to . . . What? Figure out better ways to screw Obamacare?
Sure, we can learn from other countries, but that doesn't sound like anything team Trump would say out loud.
Just a regular old grift, it seems.
DeminPennswoods
(15,290 posts)what a deal!
As a taxpayer, I want the other $999,948 repaid too.
Stuart G
(38,449 posts)The screams..yelling...resign, evil, stealing taxpayers money....will they do that for Mr. Tom Price?
At least he got caught......well that is better than nothing....
Don't hold your breath, no resignation IMO.......
C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)Looks more like fiscal fuckery. What cheats and goobers.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,496 posts)pResident tRump and Director Mulvaney announces a brand-new division of the Office of Management and Budget, an innovative concept devised by the GOP's best budgetary leaders:
Office of Management and Budget
Division of Fiscal Fuckery
Division Head: Grover Norquist
defacto7
(13,485 posts)or do they know somehow that they will never have to pay the real legal price for robbing and bludgeoning the American people?
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,496 posts)I can see occasional justification for certain cabinet secretary travel to high-risk areas, but why would the HHS Secretary ever need to go to such places?
Never knew Geneva, Berlin, Beijing, and Tokyo were high risk except maybe during WW2. Are we in a time warp?
Me thinks it's the smell of elitism.