I'd be nice if this guy would go to his own home for a vacation and they could have saved $100,000, if Mrs Obama would wait for her husband and fly on the same plane must be nice... tax payer money
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To include the dollar break-down...
The Obama's are ready to hit the holiday road for their Christmas vacation.
And quite the expensive vacation the American people will be footing the bill for.
According to The Hawaii Reporter, the totality of the South Seas two-week-plus fling will cost well over 4 million of the taxpayers hard earned dollars.
Breakdown, Go Ahead And Give It To Me...
~ TRAVEL: $3,651,626 - The cost of Air Force One, USAF C-17 cargo aircraft that transports the Presidential limos, helicopters and other support equipment, and Mrs. Obama's solo flight to Hawaii sans Barry.
~ HOUSING: $151,200 - The taxpayers foot the the costs for housing U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Coast Guard and Navy SEALs in beach front and canal front homes in Kailua.
HOTEL: $72,216 - The President’s staff and White House Press Corps stay at one of Hawaii’s oldest and most elegant hotels, the Moana Surfrider.
~ LOCAL TAXPAYER COSTS: - $260,000. Local police, ambulance crew, overtime, etc.
The total cost (based on what is known) for a 17-day round trip vacation to Hawaii for the President and his family and staff and security is an estimated $4,135,038.
Also cited are the "unknown costs" that the White House refuses to release citing security reasons.
•For example, the president’s security usually rents an entire floor of an office building in Kailua on the canal during the president’s stay.
•There are security upgrades and additional phone lines to several private homes where Obama and friends are staying. That includes bullet proof glass installed, home security systems disabled, new security measures put into place and additional phone lines added.
•There is the cost for car rentals and fuel for White House staff staying at Moana Hotel.
•And there are additional travel costs Secret Service and White House staff traveling ahead of the President.
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