CHOOSING the best aspect of modern American air travel is like choosing the least painful spot on one’s face to be kicked by a donkey. Some are slightly worse than others; none is good. Cancellations, delays, breathing germ-filled air for hours with a stranger’s knees digging into your lower back, the barking, groping security agents: no wonder people with sufficient means often prefer to hire their own planes.
But what if you want to take your own plane but you either can’t afford it or do not want to pay? Tom Price, President Donald Trump’s health secretary, hit on a novel solution: get the taxpayer to foot the bill. According to Politico, a politics news outlet, since early May Mr Price has chartered at least 24 private planes that have cost American taxpayers over $300,000. Mr Price’s predecessors had no problem flying commercial.
Spokesmen from his department claim Mr Price flew private...Continue reading
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