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Obama-Biden vacation tab reaches $40 million --- $2.9 million alone for two
Posted on 5/1/14 at 3:00 am
Posted on 5/1/14 at 3:00 am
Obama GOLF outings.
See link for more details of expenses.
LINK
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The travel costs for vacations taken by the first family and the Bidens have reached over $40 million with the Air Force's revelation that two golf outings by President Obama this year cost $2.9 million, according to the taxpayer watchdog group Judicial Watch.
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So far, Judicial Watch said that it has tabulated vacation travel costs, mostly just Air Force jet time, at over $40 million. Far more money is spent on accommodations, communications, rooms and cars for staff, security and U.S. Secret Service protection, Navy and Coast Guard ships offshore and the prepositioning of cars and helicopters, but those costs are not usually revealed.
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“It is clear that the Obamas continually abuse the perks of the president’s office at taxpayer expense,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton in a statement to Secrets. “And it is particularly interesting that Obama has chosen to take not one but two luxury vacations back-to-back while inveighing against ‘income equality.’ President Obama’s waste of the hard-earned tax dollars of working Americans on unnecessary luxury travel is an abuse of office.”
See link for more details of expenses.
LINK
This post was edited on 5/1/14 at 3:15 am
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Posted on 5/1/14 at 3:12 am to EST
I don't see a link.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 3:15 am to Mickey Goldmill
Thanks. Corrected.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 4:11 am to EST
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revelation that two golf outings by President Obama this year cost $2.9 million,
And I thought my green fees were high!
However, do we know if that $40M is JUST for vacation costs? Most presidential travel, especially international, is expensive.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 4:14 am to EST
Same shite you've been throwing against the wall for the past five years hoping some of it will stick. It's been debunked so many times that you'd have to be a real tool to keep posting it.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 4:20 am to Layabout
Yeah nobody knows how much the total costs are for presidential trips. All of the records aren't released. It is said that W. Bush was the most vacationed president in history. Again though, costs aren't fully know.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 5:49 am to EST
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“And it is particularly interesting that Obama has chosen to take not one but two luxury vacations back-to-back while inveighing against ‘income equality.’
Why? Does income inequality go away when he takes a vacation or something?
Posted on 5/1/14 at 5:51 am to Mickey Goldmill
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Yeah nobody knows how much the total costs are for presidential trips. All of the records aren't released. It is said that W. Bush was the most vacationed president in history. Again though, costs aren't fully know.
Well all I know is Obama bla bla bla! BWahhh !
This post was edited on 5/1/14 at 5:52 am
Posted on 5/1/14 at 6:28 am to Mickey Goldmill
That may be true about Bush but most of that time was spent at his ranch in Crawford
Posted on 5/1/14 at 6:34 am to SpidermanTUba
I don't have a problem with our Presidents taking vacations and that security detail alone cost a bunch. But....... when someone like Obama speaks so negatively about rich peoples lifestyles all the time. It comes off badly and Obama's actions are cashing checks his mouth can't cover. Looks like Obama is living the lifestyle of the 1% he speaks so unkindly about. Very hypocritical if you ask me.......
Keep taking luxurious vactions Obama
It shows us all who you really are
Keep taking luxurious vactions Obama
It shows us all who you really are
This post was edited on 5/1/14 at 6:37 am
Posted on 5/1/14 at 7:01 am to SquirrelyBama
No shite, dumb shite liberals don't have sense enough to be offended when an a-hole has "income inequality" as his platform but then lives like the Sultan of Brunei on other people's money.
Bush never spewed that bullshite.
Bush never spewed that bullshite.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 7:20 am to gthog61
or gore talking about carbon, flying on his jet to his beach house
Posted on 5/1/14 at 7:22 am to EST
Most vacationed President ever. Must be nice.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 8:03 am to EST
Why do they follow a man who rails against the 1% and the income inequality gap, but then takes luxurious trips such as these? It's just blind devotion to the party at this point.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 8:05 am to EST
I don't have a problem with this really. Do you expect him to stay locked in a room for 8 years? Or do you think the president should fly coach on United when he travels with no security?
Posted on 5/1/14 at 8:31 am to Rohan2Reed
Yes he should fly like a normal tax payer. With minimal security. The president should not live like a king.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 8:37 am to lsu777
Is there a side by side comparison (inflation adjusted) between Obama and past presidents?
Posted on 5/1/14 at 8:42 am to DeltaDoc
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Is there a side by side comparison (inflation adjusted) between Obama and past presidents?
Why does it matter? Just because a past president may have done it doesnt make it ok for present and future presidents to do it.
Im curious about how much comes out of his pocket for these vacations.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 8:44 am to Layabout
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It's been debunked so many times that you'd have to be a real tool to keep posting it.
No it hasn't. There's no debunking fact. The problem is that nobody gives a shite. Now if you want to argue that, then go ahead.
Posted on 5/1/14 at 8:45 am to kywildcatfanone
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Most vacationed President ever.
He isn't.
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