We need strict, enforceable limits on executive-branch travel spending, leisure travel disguised as “official business,” and the use of taxpayer-funded aircraft for non-essential trips.
In recent months, numerous news stories and public-watchdog reports have raised serious concerns about:
• personal companions being included on government travel on government aircraft
• state-level elected officials chartering expensive, unnecessary private flights when commercial service clearly existed
• federal officials taking frequent leisure trips, golf outings, and “retreats” during periods when major federal programs — like SNAP — have faced budget stress
These stories — regardless of which political party or which officeholder is involved — have one thing in common:
taxpayers are footing the bill.
And the contrast is obscene.
We are told the U.S. “doesn’t have enough money” to ensure that:
• every hungry child gets fed
• seniors do not have to skip meals
• families can buy groceries without going into debt
But somehow — magically — there’s always enough federal money for aviation charters, “VIP flight privileges,” private jets, security convoys to golf resorts, and luxurious travel classified as “official.”
That is not fiscal conservatism.
That is not responsible budgeting.
That is not ethics.
It is a moral disgrace.
Congress must immediately:
1. prohibit use of federal aircraft for personal / leisure purposes
2. require real-time public reporting of all government travel costs above a specific dollar threshold
3. enact mandatory reimbursement for any non-official travel by principals, staff, or guests
4. direct GAO and the Inspectors General to audit and publicly publish all 2023-2025 high-dollar travel by executive officials
Republicans and Democrats both claim to care about waste.
Prove it.
Cut this waste first — the waste at the top — before you cut meals for hungry kids.
This is our money.
We demand ethics.
We demand transparency.
We demand accountability — now.
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