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ProSense

(116,464 posts)
Mon Jan 16, 2012, 04:33 PM Jan 2012

Ron Paul flew first class 74 times on the taxpayer's dime.

Ron Paul flew first class 74 times on the taxpayer's dime.

by weatherdude

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Proof he's a first classhole:

Paul flew first class on at least 31 round-trip flights and 12 one-way flights since May 2009 when he was traveling between Washington and his district in Texas, according to a review by The Associated Press of his congressional office expenses.
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Paul, whose distrust of big government is the centerpiece of his presidential campaign, trusts the more expensive government rate for Continental Airlines when buying his tickets. Paul chose not to buy the cheaper economy tickets at a fraction of the price because they aren't refundable or as flexible for scheduling, his congressional staff said.

I'm sure his supporters will display outrage at this brazen hypocrisy, right?

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/16/1055280/-Ron-Paul-flew-first-class-74-times-on-the-taxpayers-dime



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Ron Paul flew first class 74 times on the taxpayer's dime. (Original Post) ProSense Jan 2012 OP
Of course, he did! blue neen Jan 2012 #1
K & R Scurrilous Jan 2012 #2
K& r. msanthrope Jan 2012 #3
Which Cost More Thinkingabout Jan 2012 #4

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
4. Which Cost More
Mon Jan 16, 2012, 09:02 PM
Jan 2012

I bet the cost of changing the flight time was still cheaper than business class. What a scanner. I guess it would interfer with his freedoms to fly cheaper.

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