HHS Sec Apologizes for Bilking American Public Out of $400K

Thinks Paying It Back Will Make Things OK

There once was a Congressman who traded stocks based on inside information. As a reward he was named Secretary of HHS in the Trump cabinet, because if there is anything Trump likes as much as Trump it is a person who lies, cheats and steals to get money.

The new Secretary decided the government owed him a private plane, so he chartered private flights that cost a huge amount of money instead of taking regular transportation like, you know, all of his predecessors. And guess what, he got caught. So now he is going to repay the money he conned the taxpayers out of.

Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price apologized for his use of private planes to travel on official business, vowing to put an end to the practice and promising to pay for his previous flights himself.

Of course he is only going to pay $50k back from what is now a $1 million.

In the law and order fanaticism of the Republican party it now seems as one can reverse things by paying back the money. So expect Republicans to introduce legislation to say that bank robbers just have to pay back the money and then all is forgiven. No wait, their rules are not for anyone but themselves. Capital punishment for the rest.