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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 868534" data-attributes="member: 12952">Re: Obamanation here today[h=1]Michelle’s Separate Travel Costs Taxpayers Thousands[/h]by Keith Koffler on August 19, 2011, 10:26 amMichelle&nbsp; Obama Thursday traveled separately from President Obama to Martha’s&nbsp; Vineyard, costing taxpayers thousands in additional expenses to get her a&nbsp; few hours of extra vacation time.Mrs. Obama and her daughters arrived just before 2 pm Thursday on a U.S. government jet, according to the <a href="http://www.mvtimes.com/marthas-vineyard/article.php?id=7200" target="_blank">Martha’s Vineyard Times</a>,&nbsp; which got its information from the local airport. The first lady’s&nbsp; office has been silent on her travel. President Obama arrived in the&nbsp; evening along with the family dog Bo.The extra costs related to&nbsp; Mrs. Obama’s solo trip mainly include the flight on a specially designed&nbsp; military aircraft she took instead of Air Force One, as well as any&nbsp; extra staff and Secret Service that had to be enlisted to go with her.&nbsp; She would also have had her own motorcade from the airport to her&nbsp; vacation residence.Mrs. Obama’s separate jet travel sends the&nbsp; wrong message on a host of issues, from global warming to the budget&nbsp; deficit to the economy – in which currently so many people can’t afford&nbsp; to take a vacation at all.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 868534, member: 12952"] [b]Re: Obamanation here today[/b] [h=1]Michelle’s Separate Travel Costs Taxpayers Thousands[/h]by Keith Koffler on August 19, 2011, 10:26 am Michelle Obama Thursday traveled separately from President Obama to Martha’s Vineyard, costing taxpayers thousands in additional expenses to get her a few hours of extra vacation time. Mrs. Obama and her daughters arrived just before 2 pm Thursday on a U.S. government jet, according to the [I][URL="http://www.mvtimes.com/marthas-vineyard/article.php?id=7200"]Martha’s Vineyard Times[/URL][/I], which got its information from the local airport. The first lady’s office has been silent on her travel. President Obama arrived in the evening along with the family dog Bo. The extra costs related to Mrs. Obama’s solo trip mainly include the flight on a specially designed military aircraft she took instead of Air Force One, as well as any extra staff and Secret Service that had to be enlisted to go with her. She would also have had her own motorcade from the airport to her vacation residence. Mrs. Obama’s separate jet travel sends the wrong message on a host of issues, from global warming to the budget deficit to the economy – in which currently so many people can’t afford to take a vacation at all. [/QUOTE]

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