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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 915178" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p><strong>Re: Obamanomics</strong></p><p></p><p>Things are different from other presidents. It's a belt-tightening time, but not for the W.H..................My daughter has a couple lawn accounts in Kailua.....looks like they'll go without lawn service for 17 days.</p><p></p><p>Sunday, December 18, 2011 @ 1:30 pm <strong>|</strong> <strong>Let Them Eat Cake: Obamas’ 17-Day Vacation to Cost $4 Million</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Eat it.</p><p style="margin-left: 20px">KAILUA, OAHU — The U.S. Secret Service has arrived, street barricades are in place, and the U.S. Coast Guard has stationed itself in the waters surrounding Kailua, Oahu. That is a sure sign President Barack Obama’s security team is preparing for the first family to arrive in the small beachside community as early as Friday night for what is expected to be a 17-day vacation.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">The President and his family are traveling separately to Hawaii because he wants resolve the payroll tax cut issue before leaving Washington — and his wife does not want to wait.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">But the advanced trip and the cost that comes with it — as much as $100,000 (flight and security) — adds to an already expensive vacation for the taxpayers.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Hawaii Reporter</em> research shows the total cost for the President’s visit for taxpayers far exceeded $1.5 million in 2010 — but is even more costly this year because he extended his vacation by three days and the cost for Air Force One travel has jumped since last assessed in 2000. In addition, <em>Hawaii Reporter</em> was able to obtain more specifics about the executive expenditures.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">The total cost (based on what is known) for the 17-day vacation roundtrip vacation to Hawaii for the President, his family and staff has climbed to more than $4 million. Here’s why.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>TRAVEL: $3,651,626</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">The biggest expense is President Barack Obama’s round trip flight to Hawaii via Air Force One, a cost the GAO office estimated at $1 million in the year 2000. Contacted today, the GAO confirmed there is no report the independent office affiliated with Congress has prepared since 2000 to operate Air Force One and Air Force Two</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 915178, member: 1246"] [B]Re: Obamanomics[/B] Things are different from other presidents. It's a belt-tightening time, but not for the W.H..................My daughter has a couple lawn accounts in Kailua.....looks like they'll go without lawn service for 17 days. Sunday, December 18, 2011 @ 1:30 pm [B]|[/B] [B]Let Them Eat Cake: Obamas’ 17-Day Vacation to Cost $4 Million[/B] Eat it. [INDENT]KAILUA, OAHU — The U.S. Secret Service has arrived, street barricades are in place, and the U.S. Coast Guard has stationed itself in the waters surrounding Kailua, Oahu. That is a sure sign President Barack Obama’s security team is preparing for the first family to arrive in the small beachside community as early as Friday night for what is expected to be a 17-day vacation. The President and his family are traveling separately to Hawaii because he wants resolve the payroll tax cut issue before leaving Washington — and his wife does not want to wait. But the advanced trip and the cost that comes with it — as much as $100,000 (flight and security) — adds to an already expensive vacation for the taxpayers. [I]Hawaii Reporter[/I] research shows the total cost for the President’s visit for taxpayers far exceeded $1.5 million in 2010 — but is even more costly this year because he extended his vacation by three days and the cost for Air Force One travel has jumped since last assessed in 2000. In addition, [I]Hawaii Reporter[/I] was able to obtain more specifics about the executive expenditures. The total cost (based on what is known) for the 17-day vacation roundtrip vacation to Hawaii for the President, his family and staff has climbed to more than $4 million. Here’s why. [B]TRAVEL: $3,651,626[/B] The biggest expense is President Barack Obama’s round trip flight to Hawaii via Air Force One, a cost the GAO office estimated at $1 million in the year 2000. Contacted today, the GAO confirmed there is no report the independent office affiliated with Congress has prepared since 2000 to operate Air Force One and Air Force Two [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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