Ed Dept.: DeVos Uses Private Jet To Tour Schools At 'Zero Cost To Taxpayers'

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4. Its the Marie Antoinette optics that are objectionable.

The DeVos family has a net worth of $5.5 billion, so the cost of her own plane is chump change. The issue is this obscenely rich woman jets around the country on a mission to undermine public education and replace it with a for profit business venture that will make her even richer. She doing everything she can to cut funding for schools, marginalize teachers and eliminate collective bargaining for workers.

Sure, she has a nice plane and doesn't bill her expenses to the US treasury, but that does little to mitigate the money cut she's cut the Department’s budget.