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Private jet spending. Well, look who’s #3! (Original Post) Demeter Oct 2015 OP
Well..it fits the meme artislife Oct 2015 #1
OH! I'm so surprised! SoapBox Oct 2015 #2
How did you do that? Demeter Oct 2015 #3
Oh I am so NOT smart about these things! SoapBox Oct 2015 #8
Not a big deal to me. leftcoastmountains Oct 2015 #4
And the Secret Service DOESN'T do Coach! Demeter Oct 2015 #5
Bernie at the airport 99th_Monkey Oct 2015 #6
Apparently he flies coach! dreamnightwind Oct 2015 #7
I agree. nt 99th_Monkey Oct 2015 #13
Supposedly... SoapBox Oct 2015 #9
its who she works for instead of us. nt restorefreedom Oct 2015 #23
My god people. Get a grip. She's an X-First Lady and Secretary of State. She's a very OregonBlue Oct 2015 #10
I think you're lost. smokey nj Oct 2015 #11
If only we all had such rich friends ... TBF Oct 2015 #14
I am busier than Hillary, but a jet would not be a help Demeter Oct 2015 #16
She's a person wealthy beyond the dreams of avarice Demeter Oct 2015 #17
I'll bet she doesn't even know what the cost of a gallon of milk is. Major Hogwash Oct 2015 #25
IF the campaign is paying for the fuel and fees... SoapBox Oct 2015 #12
Former First Lady who travels with a former President... MerryBlooms Oct 2015 #15
This is reality Demeter Oct 2015 #18
Reality. Period. MerryBlooms Oct 2015 #19
Considering the heavy security checks in all airports Kentonio Oct 2015 #24
Former is key Duckhunter935 Oct 2015 #27
Bernie flies coach class Rosa Luxemburg Oct 2015 #20
Who is it? I don't click. roody Oct 2015 #21
See Post #2 Demeter Oct 2015 #22
Well how else should the 1% be expected to get around FreakinDJ Oct 2015 #26

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)
8. Oh I am so NOT smart about these things!
Sat Oct 24, 2015, 06:59 PM
Oct 2015

I do 99% of my stuff on an iPad Mini...

When I found the graphic, just press and hold until a box comes up for Save Image or Copy...the copy pasted it to the clipboard (or whatever it's called now)...then paste the link in my reply...ta-da!

A couple times graphics don't want to come up...I never know why.

I am so left behind by this stuff.

OregonBlue

(7,754 posts)
10. My god people. Get a grip. She's an X-First Lady and Secretary of State. She's a very
Sat Oct 24, 2015, 07:14 PM
Oct 2015

popular and busy, busy, person. She is doing lots of things besides campaigning. I love Bernie but I don't think she's a bad person because she has rich friends who will loan her jets to get around. Chill out.

TBF

(32,056 posts)
14. If only we all had such rich friends ...
Sat Oct 24, 2015, 08:29 PM
Oct 2015

of course I'm sure we're not nearly as busy as her highness.

 

Demeter

(85,373 posts)
16. I am busier than Hillary, but a jet would not be a help
Sat Oct 24, 2015, 08:45 PM
Oct 2015

unless I used it to flee to a foreign land, where nobody could ever find me...

 

Demeter

(85,373 posts)
17. She's a person wealthy beyond the dreams of avarice
Sat Oct 24, 2015, 08:58 PM
Oct 2015

much too valuable to live like a normal person. Or think about the ordinary people's lives.

Or even care much about her perception. What part of 1%Elite, conspicuous consumption, class warfare eludes your attention?

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
25. I'll bet she doesn't even know what the cost of a gallon of milk is.
Sun Oct 25, 2015, 05:27 PM
Oct 2015

Back when George H. W. Bush was running against Dukakis in 1988, they asked him what a gallon of milk cost, and he couldn't even venture a guess.
It visibly demonstrated just how removed the 1% is from the average person in America.

Not only do rich politicians like Hillary use private jets, employ chauffeurs, hire groupies to carry the luggage, and handlers that open all the doors as she comes to them, she also uses shoppers, people who shop for a profession.
In order to keep up with the changing trends in fashion, and not just in clothes.
Hillary is the very embodiment of a person described by Robin Leach as having "champagne wishes and caviar dreams" within the Democratic party.


SoapBox

(18,791 posts)
12. IF the campaign is paying for the fuel and fees...
Sat Oct 24, 2015, 07:36 PM
Oct 2015

I hope she keeps spending and drawing down the Big Billionaire Bucks that are being given to her. We've heard how they had spent down a lot of money during the last reporting period.

Bernie's campaign is brilliant, for saving money.

MerryBlooms

(11,768 posts)
19. Reality. Period.
Sat Oct 24, 2015, 09:05 PM
Oct 2015

My preference is Sanders, but I'm not stupid. Former First Lady and President are heavily protected when they travel, as it should be. If you're stooping so low as not willing to protect a former President and First Lady, that's on you.

Done.

 

Kentonio

(4,377 posts)
24. Considering the heavy security checks in all airports
Sun Oct 25, 2015, 09:03 AM
Oct 2015

Why would you need a private jet to fly safely? They have SS protection with them, and an airport should be about the safest place possible considering everyone entering is subject to checks.

 

Duckhunter935

(16,974 posts)
27. Former is key
Sun Oct 25, 2015, 05:54 PM
Oct 2015

I do not think they need that at all, or at the least a couple of years. They are now private citizens.

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