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...House members who favored acquiring the new planes argued that they were needed replacements for aging aircraft, and would be less costly to fly. The current Gulfstream C-20 costs $6,100 an hour to operate, compared with $2,700 for the more modern Gulfstream C-37. The Air Force VIP fleet is usually reserved for work-related foreign travel, which is a double-edged sword for lawmakers. While some boast they avoid it to save taxpayers money, others argue it is needed to visit foreign leaders and conflict zones to get a firsthand look at the impact...
...Palm Beach Post and other South Florida media say he's either holed up in the $70 million Palm Beach mansion he purchased last year - one of six homes he owns in Venezuela, the Caribbean, the U.S. and Europe - or has flown overseas in one of his luxury Gulfstream jets...
...crowd has gotten crankier in the face of the brash indifference to its fury. It seems that the mighty have been hit with some virulent strain of arrogance common to those told that they were Too Big to Fail. First the auto executives swooped into town in their Gulfstream IVs to ask for $25 billion; then Merrill Lynch superman John Thain spent $1,405 on a trash can and suggested he deserved a $40 million bonus for losing $15 billion in the fourth quarter. Even Tom Daschle, whose loyal Senate brethren were set to confirm him to the Cabinet, discovered...
...gonna write you a check for $40 million, that's who I am." - When asked to confirm his identity during his purchase, via email, of a Gulfstream V Jet (Esquire...
...matchmaker Janis Spindel says more and more of her clients, typically Wall Street males, are trying to bargain, asking her to reduce her fee, which can run as much as $250,000 to find a wife. One client recently told her he thinks he will have to mothball his Gulfstream and start flying commercial. Spindel, though, isn't negotiating. In fact, she says her business is as busy as ever, though more and more of her clients are coming from outside the New York City area. "I guess one would say that hiring me is a luxury good, but people...