Deval Wants His Own Jet… Paid for by Us
Philip Greenspun reveals on his blog Deval’s latest extravagance with our tax dollars.
Deval Patrick has been in the headlines for misuse of State Police helicopters for personal transportation. He has also been in the news lately for trying to impose a sales tax on aircraft used by his subjects. I learned today that Patrick has been shopping for a private jet to be paid for by the taxpayers. Patrick has his eye on an $11 million Lear 45. Deval Patrick was elected governor of a state that can be traversed north-south in about 1 hour by car and east-west in less than 2 hours. Why would he need a transcontinental private jet? To go to New York City to see the bankers from whom the state will have to borrow money to pay for his expanded spending programs? There are commercial flights every 30 minutes that leave from Logan Airport, just a 10-minute ride by limousine from the State House. To go to Washington, D.C. to hobnob with his fellow Democrats? There is a commercial flight every hour Monday through Friday.
Together we can pay for Deval’s luxuries, like a private jet.
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Matt Margolis is co-author (with Mark Noonan) of Caucus of Corruption: The Truth About The New Democratic Majority. He also blogs at The Buffalo Bean. Follow Matt on Twitter.
Marxachusetts where we tax it all!!!
went to NH today
Fireworks $250.00
Beer $50.00
smokes $70.00
Knowing I screwed the whores on beacon hill out of needed revenue – Priceless
If you seriously beleive that Patrick is looking at buy a jet, could you be so kind and email me your name and contact info, I would love to sell you some Florida land or a course in how to buy real esate with no money down.
Seriously folks, someone has to plan on placing a recall constitutional amendment on the ballot in 2010. They know we can’t stop them once they are in…all state elected officials should be included. Can we all agree on this? V?
Mr. X;
Every last one of them! That and term limits!
I smell yet another opportunity for Christy to build a party.
I almost think that even the Devaluator isn’t so out of touch with the taxpayers that he’d consider buying his own jet.
Almost.
Bruce,
Great site you have there!
Maybe Msrs. X and V should take a trip to the cape soon for a summit.
My engine is running, I have one foot on the brake, one on the gas…ready to peal out like back in the good old days of the ’50’s…Back to the future anyone?