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Well the last I read it was 180M for his inaugeration and they were slipping 200 million more into the stimulus bill to replace the sod torn up in Washington Mall from all the zombies for his inaugeration. So that makes it 380 Million. When Bush had his it was 40 million and the Dems were screaming. "how dare he". I guess we better get used to over the top spending from this one.
To be fair - the sod on the mall has needed replacing FOR MANY YEARS!.
So, what is in the Stimulus package is not because of Obama
Obama's people said Obama gave Michelle a cake for Valentines day that cost $40. Isn't that quaint? I guess to show how down to earth they are.
He must have forgotten their trip to Chicago to go to Michelle's favorite place to eat.
With all of the fear mongering going on these days about the dire shape of the economy, and Obama is on the TV everday, sometimes 2 X a day and traveling all around to try and sell the country on the stimulus plan I wondered how much it costs us every time the he goes some where.
Well I found this link to a 10 page report from the Government on how much it costs to operate air force one per hour. This report came out in 2006 and is based on numbers from the year 2000 adjusted for inflation. Would you believe almost $57,000 dollars per hour. So 2 hr flight to Chicago and 2 hrs back comes with a price tag of $228,000.00 just for the flight.
So my point is why won't he just stay home and save the tax payers some money if we are in such dire straits? Can any body remember Obama saying at his news conference a couple days ago thanks for giving me a reason to use air force one. It was just last weekend he flew the family and the kids friends off to Camp David. I mean come on first of all it was only about a 30 minute flight, so he could of gotten there another way. That weekend trip was only $57,000.00 .Then you have to factor in the cost of security detail and everything else.
He hasn't even been president for a month and he has already went to Camp David for the weekend, then the next weekend he had date night out and this weekend they jetted off to Chicago for Michelle's food and a 2 day get away.
He's telling us to cut back and he is frolicking around. I think he needs to stay home. I can just imagine what they would say if Bush was frolicking around during times like we are going through.
He hasn't even been president for a month and he has already went to Camp David for the weekend, then the next weekend he had date night out and this weekend they jetted off to Chicago for Michelle's food and a 2 day get away.
I can forgive you for your post, but I will not forgive your bad grammar
I guess The President should fly coach on spirit or something. LOL..This thread is so pathetic.
You miss the point. I don't think anybody would suggest Obama fly commercial, let alone coach.
The thread alludes to a much larger issue. Should Obama use taxpayer funds to fly to Chicago for dinner at great expense to the taxpayer IF the trip was not already scheduled. If it was a scheduled trip, then I hope he had a nice dinner. If, on the other hand, he diverted AF1 to Chicago for the sole purpose of dinner, then in my mind he just blew half his annual salary.
At a time when Obama and the Democrats are chastising the Right for corporate malfeasance, it would be beyond hypocritical to divert his contingent to Chicago simply to have dinner at a time the country is on the verge of collapse (his words, not mine).
You miss the point. I don't think anybody would suggest Obama fly commercial, let alone coach.
The thread alludes to a much larger issue. Should Obama use taxpayer funds to fly to Chicago for dinner at great expense to the taxpayer IF the trip was not already scheduled. If it was a scheduled trip, then I hope he had a nice dinner. If, on the other hand, he diverted AF1 to Chicago for the sole purpose of dinner, then in my mind he just blew half his annual salary.
At a time when Obama and the Democrats are chastising the Right for corporate malfeasance, it would be beyond hypocritical to divert his contingent to Chicago simply to have dinner at a time the country is on the verge of collapse (his words, not mine).
Thank You! I am glad someone understands what I am saying.
You miss the point. I don't think anybody would suggest Obama fly commercial, let alone coach.
The thread alludes to a much larger issue. Should Obama use taxpayer funds to fly to Chicago for dinner at great expense to the taxpayer IF the trip was not already scheduled. If it was a scheduled trip, then I hope he had a nice dinner. If, on the other hand, he diverted AF1 to Chicago for the sole purpose of dinner, then in my mind he just blew half his annual salary.
At a time when Obama and the Democrats are chastising the Right for corporate malfeasance, it would be beyond hypocritical to divert his contingent to Chicago simply to have dinner at a time the country is on the verge of collapse (his words, not mine).
he went home for the long holiday weekend. Give the guy a break.
Well, I would think a dinner at the white house would just be more romantic anyway.
Seriously though. He probably could have stayed at the WH and had a great time for less money. OTOH, I would take this more seriously if I believed that Bush would be called on the same thing, but something tells me most would find a way to justify it. So I'll just do this instead:
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