A jet leased by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for use in emergencies has instead been used to shuttle the secretary of Health and Human Services to appearances and meetings, a newspaper reported Wednesday.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt’s use of the plane has cost more than $700,000 since January.
The newspaper analyzed the Gulfstream III’s flight log and found that the 14-seat aircraft has been used primarily by Leavitt to attend news conferences promoting the new Medicare prescription drug plan and meetings with state officials over their flu pandemic plans.
Since January, Leavitt has taken the jet on 19 trips to visit more than 90 cities, his spokeswoman told the newspaper. During the same period, CDC officials said they had used the aircraft to respond to three emergencies and conduct three training exercises.
The Journal-Constitution reported that during two emergencies, the CDC was forced to use another plane because Leavitt was using the Gulfstream.
So far in 2006, the aircraft has cost taxpayers $2.1 million, with at least $720,000 of that spent on flight hours used by Leavitt, according to CDC and HHS officials.
WHY IS LEAVITT USING A JET MEANT FOR EMERGENCIES FOR HIS MEETINGS, ETC?
TYPICAL REPUBLICAN…SPENDING TAXPAYERS MONEY ON PERSONAL COMFORTS!
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OK, Al has told us we are all destroying the earth. When we destroy the earth, we can buy carbon offset credits from his carbon offset credit company. Al flies around in a private jet, which destroys the earth. So, using simple logic, does Al buy carbon offset credits from himself after he destroys the earth? If so, does he write a check to himself and then pay himself back or just do entries on each set of Al Gore books?
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oops, my bad…I forgot that he buys carbon credits (i.e. pieces of paper) from his own company so his wasteful burning of energy doesn’t count.
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F&*k One. Seems Slick Willie enjoys the mile high club. I wonder if he used Air Force One for the same thing?
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