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Obama family travel, vacations, cross $85 million mark

Washington Examiner ^ | 12/5/16 | Paul Bedard

Posted on by Cheerio

The first family has spent over $10 million a year on travel and vacations, and the still growing bill has crossed over $85 million in eight years, according to a watchdog group.



Judicial Watch, which has charted the travel of presidents for years, on Monday said that it has received a new batch of bills for the first family's Christmas break in Hawaii, bringing that trip to nearly $5 million. The Obama's are expected to return to Hawaii this Christmas.



The expenses cover items such as security, flights and hotel rooms for staff and U.S. Secret Service. They do not include the price of prepositioning ships and aircraft in the area or much of the communications costs.



From Judicial Watch:



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To: Cheerio

The first family has spent over $10 million a year on travel and vacations, HA! My ass. More like $10 million per vacation.



by 2 posted onby Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)

To: Cheerio

Their vacay trip to wonderful India cost a hell of a lot more than $85 million.



To: Texas Eagle

My ass is right!! If it costs $500,000 a DAY for trump security, then it costs $10,000,000 for EVERTY damn Obama VACATION!



by 4 posted onby Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)

To: Ann Archy

You'd think someone in the Fake News Media would be able to do the math themselves. But they just run with whatever The Rainbow House gives them.



by 5 posted onby Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)

To: Texas Eagle

Frankly I would have gladly paid them twice that just to go away from day one.



by 6 posted onby Mouton (The insurrection laws maintain the status quo now.)

To: Mouton

Amen, bro. The problem isn't that they took so many vacations, it's that they kept coming back.



by 7 posted onby Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)

To: Ann Archy

The whiny imbecile posing as NYC mayor, Bill DeBlASSio, is kvetching about the cost of Trump’s security while in NYC. He wants the feds to pay NYC $35 million for the costs of Trump’s security. I could not stop laughing. Odungo’s golf trips, vacations, housing his mother-in-law, welfare tab for his illegal alien aunt here, Solyndra and other debacles, etc. would absolutely DWARF these security costs. And what do you think DeBlASSio would do with the $35 million? He would certainly, absolutely no doubt, find ways to redistribute it to his actual constituency-—ghetto thugs, Al Sharpton, and illegals. Oh, and his own legal defense fund for his corruption trials. Gimme a break, you idiots.



To: Cheerio

Wonder if all the Rats and Snowflakes who put him in office for eight years enjoy learning how he ripped off the country so he could play golf and lay on the beach.



To: Cheerio

The liberals are crying because 85 days of security at trump tower will cost 85 million. I find it hard to believe it costs a million a day to protect the First Lady. That number is high by 10.



by 10 posted onby napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)

To: fortes fortuna juvat

They are bummed they will not break 100 million.



To: All

Heck the Mooch’s Africa Vacation alone cost U.S. Taxpayers $100,000,000



To: Cheerio

The Obama’s are the biggest freeloaders the country has ever shad.



by 13 posted onby Vaduz (women and children to be impacted the most.)

To: Vaduz

And we haven’t gotten to the end of it. I think they are grifters, sociopaths. I wonder if those Youtube videos are right about the gender assignments and adoption or loaning of the young women. I find it amazing we haven’t known the costs and that we have allowed it. We are really stupid as we as Americans glorify and sanctify and make majestic such trash. The media had to know...criminals most of them, too.



by 14 posted onby Bodega (we are developing less and less common sense...world wide)

To: Bodega

One can wager they will jimmy the books on how much money they have spent wonder if they have a Swiss bank account?.



by 15 posted onby Vaduz (women and children to be impacted the most.)

To: Texas Eagle

HA! My ass. More like $10 million per vacation. IIRC that one European vacation the Wookie, her daughters, and the mom took a few years ago cost over $20 million.



by 16 posted onby OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)

To: Cheerio

Now that Trump’s president maybe the economy will improve enough that I can tie vacation. Haven’t had one in years. Staycations, yes, but going somewhere else, no.



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