Obama vacation in Hawaii: over $4 million
Barack Obama’s annual vacation in Hawaii this year is likely to be his most expensive ever – and the majority of it is being funded by the taxpayer.
The President will travel separately to his family this time because he wants resolve the payroll tax cut issue before leaving Washington D.C.
First Lady Michelle took their children this weekend in a flight that cost an extra $100,000 – and her husband’s round-trip journey will be $3,271,611.
The U.S. Air Force calculates it costs $181,757 per flight hour to operate Air Force One.
Travel time direct from Washington D.C. to Hawaii is about nine hours, which gives a total of $3,271,611 there and back.
- Obama’s Air Force One flight estimated at $3,271,611
- Total travel costs for Hawaii holiday are $3,629,622
- Housing comes to $151,200 and hotels at $72,216
- Hawaii Reporter estimates total cost at $4,113,038
Additionally, the cost for a USAF C-17 cargo aircraft is required to carry Presidential limos, helicopters and other equipment.
Flight time between Andrews Air Force Base and Hawaii is a 21.5 return, with estimated operating cost of $12,000 per hour, a GAO report said.
A four-to-six member Marine Corps unit is on a separate flight for extra security, at an estimated cost of $258,000 – not including their hotel costs.
According to the White House Dossier, Mrs Obama’s early trip to Hawaii cost about $100,000 including travel, security and personnel.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2075958/Obamas-annual-holiday-Hawaii-costs-4m.html#ixzz1h4fPA4rf
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I read the article you posted from the Daily Mail about President Obama’s upcoming Christmas vacation and have to say that the exorbitant price tag is unsettling considering the many Americans out of work and/or struggling to make ends meet with the jobs they do have. The exorbitant cost raises questions about his recent directive calling for government agencies to cut back on miscellaneous costs. It’s hard to believe that former presidents Reagan and George W. Bush’s vacations at their ranches cost taxpayers so much. Worse, Obama’s call for government agencies to reduce miscellaneous must not have applied to the oval office. I can’t help but wonder whether his desire for increased taxes on the rich is more in the interest of subsidizing his lavish lifestyle than it is in the interest of the economy.
I think you might enjoy this video on the same subject. Drawing from The Telegraph, Politico, The Blaze and KiTV, it discusses reaction from taxpayers and GOP candidates to the $4 million price tag. As some Hawaiians eagerly anticipate the President’s holiday, other observers say it is a vulgar expression of big-government excess and over-spending – but only the latest example of his inordinate spending. I hope you enjoy the video and hope that you will consider embedding it in your post.
http://www.newsy.com/10260/
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