nanny Peloser Upgrades Her Fleet

At one time, corporate jets were so over the top that the Democrat machine went into overdrive bashing every corporate CEO that dared to have one. That was then this is now, as the spoils of office become so tempting to the tyrants in WDC. You get the feeling these Congressional clinkers live in a fairy tale made up world all their own.

Seems so.

Congress plans to spend $550 million to buy eight jets, a substantial upgrade to the fleet used by federal officials at a time when lawmakers have criticized the use of corporate jets by companies receiving taxpayer funds.

The purchases will help accommodate growing travel demand by congressional officials. The planes augment a fleet of about two dozen passenger jets maintained by the Air Force for lawmakers, administration officials and military chiefs to fly on government trips in the U.S. and abroad.

The congressional shopping list goes beyond what the Air Force had initially requested as part of its annual appropriations. The Pentagon sought to buy one Gulfstream V and one business-class equivalent of a Boeing 737 to replace aging planes. The Defense Department also asked to buy two additional 737s that were being leased.

Lawmakers in the House last week added funds to buy those planes, and plus funds to buy an additional two 737s and two Gulfstream V planes. The purchases must still be approved by the Senate. The Air Force version of the Gulfstream V each costs $66 million, according to the Department of Defense, and the 737s cost about $70 million.

Geoff Morrell, the Pentagon press secretary, said the Department of Defense didn't request the additional planes and doesn't need them. "We ask for what we need and only what we need," he told reporters Wednesday. "We've always frowned upon earmarks and additives that are above and beyond what we ask for."

Hey it's only a cool half billion, so what there is no treasury left in the US treasury, live it up clunkers. Is it no wonder Congressional job approval stands at a whopping 24%?

Let them eat cake, we COngressional clunkers are flying high ...