Anonymous wrote:I'm confused. How can a car's seats be both leather and bullet-proof? Seems like we were double-charged. Also what good is a bullet-proof seat cover - isn't your body on top of the seat?

Honest questions...

Anonymous wrote:Given the left? I've no issues with that.

Anonymous wrote:I bet everyone on here defending Scott Pruitt also loses their sh*t about ordinary government workers having telework privileges because it’s somehow an abuse of a system under which government employees are accountable to taxpayers.

Trumps cabinet is composed of guys who spent years living large on their shareholders dime. They seem to think they can work for government and keep the private jet travel and lavish decorating budgets. They genuinely seem to not get the ethics rules and the “we are fiscal stewards of taxpayer dollars” that goes along with being a federal employee.

Tone at the top matters. You can’t say it’s okay for Trump appointees to misuse taxpayer funds, but not rank and file feds. We all work for the same agencies. We all have the same mission. We all have the responsibility to make the most of your tax dollars.

Random acts of violence happen everywhere. But a FOiA request showed that there have been no specific, credible threats against Pruitt. If their were, I would encourage the Secret Service to work with EPA security to make sure reasonable steps were taken to protect Pruitt.

But ad hoc expenditures that are supposed to go through Congress, non merit based pay raises for cronies, lights and sirens to make a lunch date, fancy office furniture, and even bullet proof seat covers have not been deemed by EPA security and the secret service to be necessary to protect Pruitt. And the secret service is good at this stuff.

He’s entitled, and he’s paranoid. And in government, you don’t give people a pass on major ethics violations because you like their political beliefs. Or, you are not supposed to.

Also, cut the crap. Pruitt getting a $50/ night condo, using lights and sirens for lunch, flying first class or military jet on the taxpayer dime, but coach when he is paying, salary hikes for cronies, continuing relationships with lovbiests— these things have nothing to do with death threats or violent liberals. They are about corruption and greed.

Anonymous wrote:I seem to remember a story of many politicians spending 50 grand for portraits of themselves (in both parties).

Absolutely disgusting.

Anonymous wrote:I bet everyone on here defending Scott Pruitt also loses their sh*t about ordinary government workers having telework privileges because it’s somehow an abuse of a system under which government employees are accountable to taxpayers.

Trumps cabinet is composed of guys who spent years living large on their shareholders dime. They seem to think they can work for government and keep the private jet travel and lavish decorating budgets. They genuinely seem to not get the ethics rules and the “we are fiscal stewards of taxpayer dollars” that goes along with being a federal employee.

Tone at the top matters. You can’t say it’s okay for Trump appointees to misuse taxpayer funds, but not rank and file feds. We all work for the same agencies. We all have the same mission. We all have the responsibility to make the most of your tax dollars.

Random acts of violence happen everywhere. But a FOiA request showed that there have been no specific, credible threats against Pruitt. If their were, I would encourage the Secret Service to work with EPA security to make sure reasonable steps were taken to protect Pruitt.

But ad hoc expenditures that are supposed to go through Congress, non merit based pay raises for cronies, lights and sirens to make a lunch date, fancy office furniture, and even bullet proof seat covers have not been deemed by EPA security and the secret service to be necessary to protect Pruitt. And the secret service is good at this stuff.

He’s entitled, and he’s paranoid. And in government, you don’t give people a pass on major ethics violations because you like their political beliefs. Or, you are not supposed to.

Also, cut the crap. Pruitt getting a $50/ night condo, using lights and sirens for lunch, flying first class or military jet on the taxpayer dime, but coach when he is paying, salary hikes for cronies, continuing relationships with lovbiests— these things have nothing to do with death threats or violent liberals. They are about corruption and greed.

Anonymous wrote:The Times takes a deep dive into Pruitt’s long history of overspending and corruption here:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/21/us/politics/scott-pruitt-oklahoma-epa.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur