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[Syriel]

Say what you will about DeVos and her beliefs, but at least she's walking the talk when it comes to saving taxpayer dollars.

Trump brags about no salary, but then funnels millions of dollars to his companies.

DeVos pays (almost) all of her own travel bills, and doesn't ask the gov for reimbursement.

Unlike her predecessors, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos does not fly commercial airlines when she travels on the job. Instead, she takes her own private plane — and never bills the government, according to a spokeswoman.

But DeVos has billed the government only once for travel since she took office — $184 for a round-trip Amtrak ticket to Philadelphia. Hill said DeVos plans to donate her government salary.

Her predecessor, John King Jr., spent $39,000 on travel, according to records, and about $28,000 on flights during his first six months on the job. In an interview with The Washington Post, he said he always flew “on regular commercial flights” when he traveled and typically flew coach.

“Always coach, although occasionally I’d upgrade if there was a blessing from the frequent flyer gods,” King said.

Source:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...she-travels-and-does-not-bill-the-government/

 

[CarpeDeezNutz]

The enemy of my enemy is my fam

 

[Viewt]

Betsy DeVos is much, much richer than Donald Trump.

She's also quite a terrible person.

 

[TheOMan]

She's still disgustable. Repugnican if you will.

 

[Alcotholic]

This doesn't change my opinion of her.
Its not hard to be a better person than Trump, even if you are pure bile.

 

[The Kree]

They're both assholes though.

 

[Ishan]

Can agree with the renting trump properties but it would just be idiotic for trump as potus to not use air force one that's just simply too great a security risk

 

[RDreamer]

Say what you will about DeVos and her beliefs, but at least she's walking the talk when it comes to saving taxpayer dollars.

Might not wanna get too excited there:

Federal marshals are protecting Education Secretary Betsy DeVos at a cost to her agency of nearly $8 million over nearly eight months, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.

 

[Nekofrog]

literal dog shit has more redeeming qualities than trump, so it's not a high bar

 

[diunxx]

This doesn't make her any less of a cunt.

 

[Escape Goat]

Her husband is worth 5.1 billion and her brother founded Blackwater. It’s not worth her time to bill the government.

 

[norm9]

She flies in her own private plane. How wonderful of her.

 

[Borgnine]

I'll gladly pay the travel expenses of someone advocating for public education. $28,000 for 6 months is a bargain.

 

[Nether!]

It's so phoney when people try to make a scandal out of legitimate expenses for being a public servant.
A high level federal employee should be expensing travel in the interest of their job.
DeVos isn't doing any favours to America by flying in her private jet.

 

[Bruce Springsteen]

We’re supposed to give her props? Haha

 

[geomon]

Now if only she'd resign. That would be one upping Trump, bigly.

 

[Electric Eye]

When someone claims that they will work without tacking government money you may want to ask them who does pay into their bank account then? I rather someone be a civil servent paid to do their job for their employer, us, and being accountable than a subversive corporate puppet.

 

[NYR]

The least she can do considering she bought the job.

 

[sir_kevith]

This isn't worth a thread unless her private plane crashes.

EDIT: I take it back because there is innocent people onboard that plane. But maybe they can do an aerial maneuver and she will accidentally fall out.

 

[RustyNails]

DeVos has billed the government only once for travel since she took office — $184 for a round-trip Amtrak ticket to Philadelphia.

If you're filthy rich beyond belief, why the fuck would you expense for freaking $184?

 

[skullmuffins]

It's so phoney when people try to make a scandal out of legitimate expenses for being a public servant.
A high level federal employee should be expensing travel in the interest of their job.
DeVos isn't doing any favours to America by flying in her private jet.

I mean if the alternative otherwise would be to charter private jets all the time for no apparent reason at the taxpayer's expense like Tom Price (at least $300,000 worth so far, including a $25,000 trip just last week to ferry him and Kellyane Conway from DC to Philly), then yes, it's better for her to pay her own way. DeVos is not gonna stoop to flying commercial economy like a peasant.

Of course, it's ridiculous to give any credit to a billionaire for flying in her own private jet without billing the government for it, lol. At best it just stands in contrast to even worse excesses in the admin.

 

[ZootedGranny]

 

[Alucrid]

i highly doubt saving the government money is the prime reason why she's flying in her private jet

 

[Syriel]

Might not wanna get too excited there:

If the need for security is a thing, you can't really argue against that.

literal dog shit has more redeeming qualities than trump, so it's not a high bar

This doesn't make her any less of a cunt.

Agreed. But it's a good way to illustrate how low a bar Trump sets.

 

[Ogodei]

If the need for security is a thing, you can't really argue against that.





Agreed. But it's a good way to illustrate how low a bar Trump sets.

She just got spooked by a street protester in her first week A brief encounter with reality brought the need for constant armed guards :-/

 

[RDreamer]

If the need for security is a thing, you can't really argue against that.

I mean you can find the video of the protestors that presumably prompted her wanting more security. It’s... uh... not that much.

 

[Zolo]

Comedians should make jokes about how Trump's too poor to afford his.

 

[Atraveller]

Say what you will about DeVos and her beliefs, but

No. She's a piece of shit.

What even is this thread?

 

[t26]

Wonder why she even bother with the $184 ticket. That's like me filing a form for 18 cent.

 

[BoosterDuck]

she's on Blackwater's payroll though, which isn't really that much better than Trump's situation

 

[Jombie]

Bless her heart.

 

[y2dvd]

The bar is so low now that her doing this is impressive.

 

[dr3upmushroom]

Rich person doesn't bill the government for flight, but is still a horrible person who's trying to dismantle progress made in the education department.

 

[WiiredShawn]

She doesn't need to bill the government.

The government will pay her back in spades when she pushes funding toward charter schools.

 

[lush]

This is a terrible thread and you should feel bad for making it OP.

 

[lucebuce12]

If you're filthy rich beyond belief, why the fuck would you expense for freaking $184?

That's how you STAY filthy rich beyond belief.

 

[andythinkpad]

Well she is super villain. Orange Turd is just poser villain.

 

[Morrigan Stark]

Her husband is worth 5.1 billion and her brother founded Blackwater. It’s not worth her time to bill the government.

This. LOL @ her "beliefs"

 

[mj1108]

Wouldn't be surprised if at some point we find out it's all bullshit since it's coming from a "spokesman".

 

[Evil Monkey DTT]

Look you can say what you want a out the kkk but I saw 3 of them carpool, that's pretty good for the environment.

Spoiler

Is what this thread feels like

 

[cameron]

Say what you will about DeVos and her beliefs, but...

Please don't elevate Betsy DeVos just to shit on Trump.

 

[Zenner]

If she's on the public dime, wouldn't her conversations, actions & whatnot become part of the public record? Maybe that's what she's trying to avoid. ¯\(°_o)/¯

 

[greycolumbus]

This shit isn't cute. I don't want hear about government officials through a Robin Leach filter.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

Betsy using her own money so people don't start pocket watching harder than they already are.

 

[Angelus Errare]

Yeaa....no, I'm not giving her props for this lol.

 

[BobTheFork]

Thin Praise.

 

[Fox Mulder]

.

 

[Zubz]

This is, like, the shakiest praise imaginable. She's still a terrible person; her doing something that doesn't overtly screw over the American taxpayer in one instance out of many doesn't excuse shit like defending rapists & silencing their victims.

 

[BudokaiMR2]

Yup, I feel much better knowing that the person in charge of American youth's education is not just a terrible person, but a filthy rich terrible person.

Thanks for the great news OP!

 

[Conciliator]

the kind of money DeVos & co. are playing with...

no reason to bother filling out the forms for some little travel reimbursement.