Citi buying a new Dassault Jet for $50 mil
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High-Flying Citigroup Grounds Plans for $50M Jet
Obama Aide Called Citigroup to Complain About Jet
By JAKE TAPPER
Jan. 27, 2009
The high-flying execs at Citigroup caved under pressure from President Obama and decided today to abandon plans for a luxurious new $50 million corporate jet from France.
The bank used TARP funds to purchase a new corporate jet for executives.The decision came 24 hours after the banking giant, which was rescued by a $45 billion taxpayer lifeline, defended buying the state-of-the-art Dassault Falcon 7X -- one of nine to be flying in U.S. skies -- as a smart business deal.
The jet, the epitome of corporate prestige and privilege, can carry 12 passengers in elegant comfort.
ABC News has learned that on Monday officials of the Obama administration called Citigroup about the company's new $50 million corporate jet and told execs to "fix it." :00hour
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Change we can believe in .:00hour
Obama says I dont play that shit homey.
If this were still Bush and Cheney, they would have had them buy two jets, one for them and one for Bush and Cheney. And then gone on a vacation to Jamaca spending another million for drinks and trumpets.
Obama Aide Called Citigroup to Complain About Jet
By JAKE TAPPER
Jan. 27, 2009
The high-flying execs at Citigroup caved under pressure from President Obama and decided today to abandon plans for a luxurious new $50 million corporate jet from France.
The bank used TARP funds to purchase a new corporate jet for executives.The decision came 24 hours after the banking giant, which was rescued by a $45 billion taxpayer lifeline, defended buying the state-of-the-art Dassault Falcon 7X -- one of nine to be flying in U.S. skies -- as a smart business deal.
The jet, the epitome of corporate prestige and privilege, can carry 12 passengers in elegant comfort.
ABC News has learned that on Monday officials of the Obama administration called Citigroup about the company's new $50 million corporate jet and told execs to "fix it." :00hour
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Change we can believe in .:00hour
Obama says I dont play that shit homey.
If this were still Bush and Cheney, they would have had them buy two jets, one for them and one for Bush and Cheney. And then gone on a vacation to Jamaca spending another million for drinks and trumpets.
don`t you have to special order something of this magnitude way in advance?.....isn`t it customized for the particular company or purchaser?....it`s not like you walk in grab one off the lot...
is it possible that this plane was ordered way before the shit hit the fan?.....
is it possible that this plane was ordered way before the shit hit the fan?.....
you know mcdonald`s made an 80% higher profit this year...i think exxon/mobile made around 3-5 %....
isn`t it time we had hearings on these shit burger slingers?.....gouging all these poor folks and slowly killing them by feeding them this cowplop..
where`s the indignation?...
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its ok gw
McDonalds target market is Republicans
Of course that is all true.
It's also true that they had no intention of canceling the order until it was brought up.
Placed the order a while back but get the down payment back when someone else buys it! What a joke! :sadwave:
Well since we own Citi now, and we have a new plane...... Pencil me in for the 4th of July.
I'll have it back by mid-night :shrug:
I'll have it back by mid-night :shrug:
You mean the genius multi-million dollar CEO and his equally smart staff didn't see the crap getting close to the fan?
:shrug: ...
/i know the dems in congress didn`t...even though they had their noses rubbed in it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs
