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Campaigning in style: How Jeb Bush blew through his warchest
There were stays at boutique hotels featuring rooftop pools, private soirees at members-only, jacket-and-tie clubs and fundraisers at the Four Seasons, the St. Regis and the Mandarin Oriental. By Michelle Conlin and Grant Smith.
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"Bush campaign spent $1.2 million on private planes versus the roughly $700,000 spent during the same period by Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton. Cruz spent $158,000 on private planes, and Rubio $293,300. Trump flies around the country in his own Boeing 757."
Trump does not own that plane. Trump Aviation Inc. does and bills his campaign standard rental rates. Flying a 757 costs about $10,800 an hour for fuel and other variable costs, according to Conklin & deDecker Aviation Information. That suggests Mr. Trump’s mid-August visit to the Iowa State Fair cost more than $47,000 for the round-trip flight from New York—not including the children’s chopper rides.
His campaign reported spending $506,000 on private-aircraft travel in the second quarter. That is about three times the $179,000 reported by the leading Democratic contender, Hillary Clinton, and nearly double the $281,000 reported by Mr. Bush, the top fundraiser among the Republican candidates.
I wonder why that cost is not reported, or the fact that his donors money is therefore going right into Trump's pocket.
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Here’s a Google search whose first result should be a clickable link that’ll pass right through the Journal’s paywall.