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Originally Posted by fotze
They can be very wasteful but don't need to be. My old company, the CEO would fly all over the world in company jet. That stuff is certainly noticed when the employees are asked to cut costs. It may only cost $1,000,000 per year but it probably costs more than that in lost ideas from the peons.
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Totally agree. I just wanted to make the point that, despite what some of the usual suspects might have you believe, expensive travel budgets are not a uniquely Redford or government phenomenon. Indeed, sometimes it may make sense to spend a lot on travel expenses if it means that a billion dollar agreement will be finalized more quickly or favourably. For example, if (hypothetically speaking), Ms. Redford's expensivr chartered flight enabled her to attend both Mandela's funeral and an important meeting with President Obama regarding the Keystone pipeline (that she otherwise would not have been able to attend), then I would absolutely support that sort of spending.