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The unofficial estimate of the White House transportation office--haven't been cheap.
The White House, federal agency officials and many of the business people who serve the presidential entourage cite security considerations in refusing to discuss the particulars and costs of the latest presidential R & R. But an unofficial and very conservative estimate based on knowledgeable sources puts the taxpayers' share of a particular vacation at $600,298--excluding such items as food and toiletries, which come out of the president's pockets.
Air Force One, a modified Boeing 707, costs about $5,728 an hour to fly, including "the people that fly it and maintenance to fly it," a spokesman said. Flight time from Andrews Air Force Base to Point Mugu Naval Air Station averages just under five hours, so a round-trip total would be $57,280.
Whenever the President flies, Air Force One is followed by both a back-up version and the National Emergency Airborne Command Post, or the "doomsday plane" (a modified Boeing 747 that sometimes causes garage doors to open whenever it is in the neighborhood). Figures for those planes weren't available, but if their costs are the same as Air Force One, the total would be an additional $114,560.
Oblamer is a bumbling idiot, but at least he's not screwing things up worse in the white house.
The OP is talking about Reagan
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