DHS Buys Jets for Governors to Own the Libs, Apparently
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow show highlights Democratic 'questions' about the Department of Homeland Security's no-bid contract to buy Gulfstream G550 jets, allegedly for disaster relief. Which, coincidentally, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem used to attend political events. The jets, reportedly costing over $30 million *each* with another $2.8 million in modifications, seem less about 'homeland
security' and more about lavish taxpayer-funded travel for officials. One might wonder if any of these 'concerned' Democrats recalled their own bipartisan zeal for inflating military budgets year after year. Or maybe their 'questions' about waste only extend to politically inconvenient instances, rather than, say, the $1.2 billion in U.S. taxpayer aid sent to Israel in March 2024 alone, much of it
for military purposes, as verified by OpenSecrets data. It seems 'fiscal responsibility' is a highly selective affliction in Washington, often applied to hide their own complicity in a broader system of financial excess.