Federal employees wasted at least $146 million over a one-year period on business- and first-class airline tickets, in some cases simply because they felt entitled to the perk, congressional investigators say.
Well there's an easy fix for that. Everyone flies coach. Period.
$146 million in wasted government travel. That's enough money to pay for a lot of things, including partially paying for the socialized medicine that Democrats have been clamoring for.
I mean really, why do government employees get to fly first and business class when people like you and me have to fly coach when we travel for business?
Another easy fix for this is to have everyone who abused it to pay the government back the difference in cost between normal and first class tickets.
The higher airfare for traveling in one of the premium classes resulted in expenses often five to 10 times more than what was authorized under government travel rules.
So they broke their own rules. That's a disciplinary action against that employee and the government should get a reimbursement check.
Thirty-two State Department employees flew from Washington to Liberia in premium class over a six-month period. Five of those travelers did not have authorization for premium class; three had duplicate tickets and no evidence that the duplicates were refunded; and 17 were not properly justified, as their trips did not meet the 14-hour rule. These flights cost $293,000 and comparable coach-class tickets would have cost $124,000 - a difference of $169,000.
If those duplicate tickets were not refunded, that's fraud or theft. That person should be investigated and jailed for that.
Am I the only one pissed about the flagrant abuses and horrible tax dollar waste that I'm seeing here?
If Democrats would join up with Republicans and really crack down on the spending, they could have their universal health care and other pet projects without taxpayers coming out of pocket a single dime.
Travis
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