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The administration's Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI must go
Source: Washington Post
The administration’s Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI must go
By Jennifer Rubin September 14 at 1:00 PM
(Treasury) Secretary Steven Mnuchin requested use of a government jet to take him and his wife on their honeymoon in Scotland, France and Italy earlier this summer, sparking an “inquiry” by the Treasury Department’s Office of Inspector General, sources tell ABC News.
Officials familiar with the matter say the highly unusual ask for a U.S. Air Force jet, which according to an Air Force spokesman could cost roughly $25,000 per hour to operate, was put in writing by the secretary’s office but eventually deemed unnecessary after further consideration of by Treasury Department officials. …
“You don’t need a giant rulebook of government requirements to just say yourself, ‘This is common sense, it’s wrong,'” (Democratic Sen. Ron) Wyden said. “That’s just slap your forehead stuff.”
That comes after the flap over Mnuchin’s wife, Louise Linton, concerning her “Instagram bragging“:
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The Mnuchins have become the Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI of an administration stocked with millionaires and billionaires. At a time when Mnuchin is hawking a tax plan, which at least in previous incarnations bestowed a windfall on the super-rich (he can buy his own plane next time), they stand out as two comically awful symbols of a president who ran as a populist and governs like a plutocrat.
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By Jennifer Rubin September 14 at 1:00 PM
(Treasury) Secretary Steven Mnuchin requested use of a government jet to take him and his wife on their honeymoon in Scotland, France and Italy earlier this summer, sparking an “inquiry” by the Treasury Department’s Office of Inspector General, sources tell ABC News.
Officials familiar with the matter say the highly unusual ask for a U.S. Air Force jet, which according to an Air Force spokesman could cost roughly $25,000 per hour to operate, was put in writing by the secretary’s office but eventually deemed unnecessary after further consideration of by Treasury Department officials. …
“You don’t need a giant rulebook of government requirements to just say yourself, ‘This is common sense, it’s wrong,'” (Democratic Sen. Ron) Wyden said. “That’s just slap your forehead stuff.”
That comes after the flap over Mnuchin’s wife, Louise Linton, concerning her “Instagram bragging“:
-snip-
The Mnuchins have become the Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI of an administration stocked with millionaires and billionaires. At a time when Mnuchin is hawking a tax plan, which at least in previous incarnations bestowed a windfall on the super-rich (he can buy his own plane next time), they stand out as two comically awful symbols of a president who ran as a populist and governs like a plutocrat.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/09/14/the-administrations-marie-antoinette-and-king-louis-xvi-must-go/
