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Newsjock

(11,733 posts)
Fri Mar 7, 2014, 11:14 PM Mar 2014

NASA Admits to Selling Discount Fuel to Google Execs

Source: NBC Bay Area

NASA now acknowledges what NBC Bay Area's Investigative Team first uncovered last year--that the government agency has been effectively giving a price break on jet fuel to a private company.

In a letter to an Iowa senator, NASA’s associate administrator for legislative and intergovernmental affairs admits the agency was selling jet fuel at below market rates to H2-11, a company owned by the founders of Google.

Senator Chuck Grassley says he received the letter on Thursday although it's dated Feb. 24. In the letter, NASA's Seth Statler writes, “in light of the concerns expressed with those agreements, NASA has reviewed its pricing approach and…is now charging a ‘market rate’ for aviation fuel at Ames research center.”

... According to the inspector general’s report, the discount fuel saved Google’s principals between $3.3 million and $5.3 million since H2-11 was able to purchase the taxpayer subsidized fuel at Ames.

Read more: http://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/NASA-Admits-to-Selling-Discount-Fuel-to-Google-Execs-248922181.html

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NASA Admits to Selling Discount Fuel to Google Execs (Original Post) Newsjock Mar 2014 OP
Google is evil. yorgatron Mar 2014 #1
Things have run amok....every damned day some new revelation of 1% KoKo Mar 2014 #2
I have an idea Andy823 Mar 2014 #3
NASA doesn't charge for/collect state & local fuel taxes. But the military base exchanges do 24601 Mar 2014 #4
Socialism for "persons". arcane1 Mar 2014 #5
A private 767 and 757? tinrobot Mar 2014 #6
Maybe they were flying to Bermuda to check on the only GOOGLE cache that really matters... Octafish Mar 2014 #7
What the FUCK for? hatrack Mar 2014 #8
The taxpayers need a refund, Google. We take cash, check or credit card. nt okaawhatever Mar 2014 #9

KoKo

(84,711 posts)
2. Things have run amok....every damned day some new revelation of 1%
Fri Mar 7, 2014, 11:36 PM
Mar 2014

getting away with stuff that should or used to be illegal..back in those old days when we had laws! Or at least people at least worried about getting caught for evil deeds.

Andy823

(11,495 posts)
3. I have an idea
Fri Mar 7, 2014, 11:39 PM
Mar 2014

Make both the company that received the discount fuel the the ass who OK'd the sale, repay the government for what the company saved, the 5.3 million number, plus another million in fines. Make it know that shit like this is going to cost those involved dearly when they get caught!

24601

(3,940 posts)
4. NASA doesn't charge for/collect state & local fuel taxes. But the military base exchanges do
Fri Mar 7, 2014, 11:45 PM
Mar 2014

collect those taxes from our Soldiers, Marines, Sailors & Airmen. So what's wrong with this picture?

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
7. Maybe they were flying to Bermuda to check on the only GOOGLE cache that really matters...
Sat Mar 8, 2014, 08:02 PM
Mar 2014
Google Revenues Sheltered in No-Tax Bermuda Soar to $10 Billion

...If only some pesky asshole had kept his mouth shut, everybody'd have had a nice job waiting for them one day.

Everybody connected, that is.
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