Perry Used Taxpayer Money to Subsidize Family Vacations, Presidential Campaign Events

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Wednesday 21 September 2011
by: Marie Diamond, Think Progress | Report

During the last slash-and-burn legislative session, presidential contender and Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) approved draconian budget cuts for everything from education to Medicare. But one area where he didn’t mind being extravagant with taxpayer money was financing family vacations, tours to promote his book, and campaign events.

The Houston Chronicle reports that Perry used at least$294,000 of Texas taxpayers’ money for numerous personal trips, and has no plans to reimburse the state:

At a time when state budget reductions were used to help offset a multibillion-dollar revenue shortfall, taxpayers were billed in excess of $294,000 in security detail expenses for out-of-state trips by Gov. Rick Perry or his wife, according to records released by the Department of Public Safety.

Destinations included the Bahamas in January for a family vacation and trips to Amsterdam, Madrid and New York by Anita Perry alone – visits that Perry spokeswoman Allison Castle said were for economic development.......

http://www.truth-out.org/perry-used-taxpayer-money-subsidize-family-vacations-presidential-campaign-events/1316615690

[midnight]

1. Leave it to the big shots to show us how real welfare fraud is done....

[LiberalFighter]

2. Allison Castle is a efn liar when she says trips by Perry's wife were for econ development.