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Tags: obama | taxpayer | vacation | cost Obama's Family Vacations to Cost Taxpayers More Than $20 Million
Friday, 04 Jan 2013 01:12 PM
By Newsmax Wires
President Barack Obama’s four vacations to Hawaii since becoming president may cost taxpayers “in excess of $20 million, and possibly much, much more,’’ the White House Dossier reports.
A breakdown by the Hawaii Reporter shows his trips in 2009, 2010, and 2011 cost about $4 million, much of it for Air Force One. But that doesn’t include costs like flying in advance teams and separate flights Michelle Obama twice took.
When Obama returned from Hawaii to work on the fiscal cliff deal last week and then jetted back to Honolulu, the second roundtrip flight added about $3.24 million to the tab, bringing the 2012-2013 vacation to over $7 million, the Reporter said.
If we assume the estimates are probably quite low, then it’s likely to the bill for the combined vacations is more than $20 million,’’ said the Dossier’s Keith Koffler.
“Given that much of the cost involves transporting the First Family and its retinue, the Obamas could have saved taxpayers millions by doing what the vast majority of Americans do: taking either one trip a year, or none.’’
Koffler said while some argued the president is justified in returning to Hawaii because that is where he was born and grew up, “how many of us get to go visit our roots for a two week vacation every year?
“The Obamas probably also feel they must go to Hawaii because they are creatures of habit . . . But their allegiance to routine is costing the taxpayers – including those in the middle class Obama claims to care so much about – millions of dollars.’’
© 2013 Newsmax. All rights reserved.
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Sat Jan 05, 2013 12:03 pm |
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| But But !! hes THE ONE-- anything for THE ONE. Anyone that thinks that the big O cares about anyone or anything but himself and his redefine America scheme (redistribute redistribute be more like Europe) has definetly OD'd on the leftist brand of Koolaid. |
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Sat Jan 05, 2013 4:55 pm |
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Illustration of the problem with Copy and Paste. Flygirl311's C&P above is missing the original URL which is http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/obama-taxpayer-vacation-cost/2013/01/04/id/470102
The story as flygirll311 published above is missing this line contained in the article:
"Urgent: Will Raising Taxes Help or Hurt America?" which has an invisible link itself. [http://www.newsmax.com/surveys/RaisingTaxes/Will-or-Hurt-America-/id/61/kw/default?promo_code=F846-1]
Why bring this up now? Because flygirl311 complains about C&P, and if she truly cared about the issue in the story she C&P'd above, she could have included the original link where others could have seen the missing link and voted in the poll... |
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Sun Apr 14, 2013 9:36 am |
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To some C and Peein aint C and Peein but simply educatin as webs.  |
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