Posted on 06/05/2012 4:20:02 AM PDT by IbJensen
Ronald Kessler reporting from Washington, D.C. — Last June, President Obama appointed Vice President Joe Biden to root out wasteful government spending. But behind the scenes, it’s a different matter.
Every Friday, Biden takes a helicopter designated as Marine Two from the vice president’s residence to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland and then hops on Air Force Two to fly back to his home in Delaware. At the end of the weekend, he returns on Air Force Two, usually a Boeing C-32.
During warm weather, Biden regularly returns to Andrews on the airplane on Saturdays to play golf at the Air Force base with President Obama. After the golf game, he flies back to Delaware and returns to Washington on the plane on Sunday evening — all at taxpayer expense.
The cost of flying Air Force Two is $22,000 an hour, so each half-hour trip to or from Delaware costs about $10,000. Each golf game costs taxpayers $20,000. At that rate, the annual cost to taxpayers of Biden’s weekend trips is well over $1 million.
In addition, the Secret Service rents more than 20 condominiums in the Wilmington, Del. area for agents who must accompany Biden when he returns to his home state.
Biden’s press office had no immediate comment.
“Biden leaves every Friday from Joint Base Andrews, so he gets lifts from the observatory via Marine Two to Andrews Air Force Base, takes off via Air Force Two, lands in Delaware, and stays the weekend and then comes back on Sunday nights,” says a Secret Service agent familiar with the trips.
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Gomer Pyle would be a greater president that either of these two. Too bad he's dead.
We are again forced to select Poison or Poison Lite!
What we need here is a good ole Russian 1917, except the Russian Elites would be replaced with Goverment Elites
Gee, I always thought he took the train & gave his millions to charity!
Communism only works for the inner circle.
Pray for America
One more “Do as I say not as I do.” politician. How hypocritical...
Communism the redistribution of earnings to the few politically elite.
Communism the redistribution of earnings to the few politically elite.
Why does Plugs need TWENTY condos in Delaware for Secret Service?!!!!
“Gomer Pyle would be a greater president that either of these two. Too bad he’s dead”
Hope Springs eternal! Jim Nabors is very much alive and well. It was Goober Pyle (George Lindsey) that died.
Why do politicians feel that they are entitled to lavish travel at the expense of their employers? Absolutely ridiculous. Any job I ever had I had to pay for my own transportation above the allowed limit. Even in the service if I exceeded my per diem or travel expenses I had to foot the difference. Same should go for congress, presidents and their flunkies.
I wish 0bama would commute home to Kenya.
One way ticket of course.
Ten for the agents and ten for their whores.
Absurd. Biden doesn't need more than a handful of agents.
Actually, it would be better if he didn’t have any.
It Could be worse. At least Plugs doesn’t live in California.
I am not so much worried about Biden using a Government plane as I am about Michelle having one. She is all over the country politicking for Obama on our dime.
Oh, goodie!
Now we could have the first HOMOSEXUAL president after having the first FOREIGN one.
Here’s an idea.
Let’s tell the UK that we made a terrible mistake after declaring our independence from Britain and wish them to take us back.
Too bad the UK, Belgium, France, Germany, et al, don’t move back into Africa and take those abandoned colonies back. At least the poor kaffirs’ lives would be greatly improved.
Every colony that was given its freedom is much worse off today than under colonial rule.
Obama and Biden have created a “party” culture in the capitol. Weekend at Bernies, vacations, golf, beer summits, lavish parties, trips, and all the rest. No signs of humility, restraint, or personal accountability anywhere to be found.
All this for a Vice President who gave a whole $ 50.00 to the Wounded Warrior Project last year, and charged the Secret Service $ 21,000.00 for renting a guest house on his property, in order to provide him and his wife security.
What a guy.
SOP in Foggy Bottom - waste, excess, perks, and privileges for me, but none for thee, prole.
Oh, and pay your taxes, because I need your money to indulge myself.
And then they lie about it and posture to the voters in the run-up to every election.
There’s a sucker born every minute, and his name is John Q. Public.
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