Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has taken at least 18 trips on private jets, funded by taxpayers, including a trip to Montreal, Canada, to receive an award. Politicians and bureaucrats indulge in this kind of waste all the time. Still, with Secretary Buttigieg, a former candidate for president, it merits a closer look.
Buttigieg advocates more government action to curb carbon emissions. The Cessna 560XL Gulfstream IV jets favored by the Secretary contribute their fair share. This does not seem to trouble the Secretary, a former mayor of South Bend, Indiana.
During a crippling supply-chain crisis, Buttigieg was off on a two-month “maternity
