Posted on 12/12/2013 5:00:18 AM PST by bestintxas
A simple “misunderstanding” allowed Google’s top executives to pay between $3.3 and $5.3 million less than market price for fuel to fly a fleet of private jets on both scientific missions and flights to some of the world’s most exclusive beaches.
Google billionaires Larry Page, Eric Schmidt and Sergey Brin own as many as nine planes and helicopters that they operate at a government-run airbase mere steps from Google headquarters. Run by a secretive holding company called H211, the jets take NASA scientist on an occasional flight, and appear to carry Google's billionaire bosses to Tahiti, Hawaii and a host of private Caribbean hotspots on a regular basis.
A report released Wednesday by NASA’s Office of the Inspector General reveals that a "misunderstanding" let Page, Schmidt and Brin buy fuel for science missions and pleasure rides alike without paying state and local taxes, saving the Googlers millions.
'This arrangement ... engendered a sense of unfairness and a perception of favoritism toward H211 and its owners.'
- NASA Inspector General Paul Martin
“H211 received a significant discount on fuel for its many non-NASA-related flights to which it was not entitled,” wrote Inspector General Paul Martin. “While this arrangement did not cause an economic loss to NASA or DLA-Energy, it did result in considerable savings for H211 and engendered a sense of unfairness and a perception of favoritism toward H211 and its owners
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The incestuous relationships between this administration and the wealthy Left is so rotten that it brands the U.S. as the world’s #1 banana republic, having wrested that ignoble title from the old Soviet Union. It’s how Communist officials always live in luxury while their people suffer.
Meanwhile, the guy with stage 4 cancer who complains about Obamacare causing his insurance to be dropped gets an IRS audit... and the accountant who offers to help the guy with stage 4 cancer also gets an IRS audit.
This is why welfare for individuals and corporations should never be allowed. The only parties that benefit from collectivism are the poor and the rich with Dems and Pubbies representing only them.
Meanwhile, those in the middle keep getting screwed.
Hey it’s California the 7th largest economy in the world, and evidence suggests tax payers are good with gov’t spending values, 5.3 mil is easy.
Sure a few may complain, but nobody really cares about them, Go Cali, lots of states follow your lead.
Class warfare!
Meanwhile Google execs donated lavishly to Obama and get deals like this in return
Amazing how Obama supporters get handouts like this and anyone on TV critical of ObamaCare gets audited, just an amazing coincidence
Money buys politicians? Shocking.
Really? How much did that Solar deal cost ALL taxpayers? FU-Californication!
So just what did California have to do with this deal? Answer: NOTHING! These guys are operating out of Moffett Federal Airfield (formerly Moffett Naval Air Station). I'd be interested to know how they get the privilege of basing their aircraft there instead of San Jose Internatioal. Actually, the Feds screwed California here, because this deal denied us state fuel taxes. As for Solyndra, same story, CA had nothing to do with the Feds giving them federal tax dollars.
But what the hell, if it makes you feel good to use the word “californication,” go right ahead. I'll bet than when you were a little kid, you said "bad duty" when you looked down at your own turds floating in the bowl. It's amazing what tweaks small minds.
Almost certainly the Boxer family is in bed in this.
“You should grow up and stop personal attacks.”
Oh that’s rich! You make a baseless attack on the state I love, and then call my reply “personal.” I simply was connecting the dots with respect to your behavior. It wasn’t an attack, but rather a personal observation.
Glad you’re in CA. Stay there, they need you.
How long before Obama fires the IG?
“Glad you’re in CA. Stay there, they need you.”
Why don’t you post to Jim Rob and tell him the same thing!
FU, troll. Go back to DU.
it hasn’t happened yet?
“Larry Page, Eric Schmidt and Sergey Brin”
I can’t stand the sight of any one of these three lying, hypocritical sons of b@#$es.
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