[SeekAndFind]

DOING THE MATH AND HOW MUCH IT COSTS YOU AND ME:

* Air Force One is known to cost about $180,000 an hour to fly.

* Based on an estimated 18 hours roundtrip flying time for the jet between Washington and Honolulu, the travel cost alone of Obama’s decision to return to Hawaii amounts to around $3.24 million.

* And that doesn’t include the price tag for the massive security operation required to move the president or the cost of the cargo plane that follows Air Force One around.

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The Obamas could have saved taxpayers millions by returning from Hawaii TOGETHER after Christmas and then resuming their vacation at one of the many ritzy resorts that lie outside of Washington. If the beach is a must, even a trip to Florida would have been far less expensive.

Or they could have simply stayed at the White House or Camp David, each a luxurious government-run installation, billing taxpayers a relative pittance.

[SeekAndFind]

WHO SAID THIS?

We are going to have to ask everybody to sacrifice. And if we’re asking community colleges to sacrifice, if we’re asking people who are going to see potentially fewer services in their neighborhoods to make a little sacrifice, then we can ask millionaires and billionaires to make a little sacrifice.

[headstamp 2]

Obama Chavez.

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

Remember how the left condemned Bush for going to his Crawford Ranch? Why are they so damned silent now?

[fatnotlazy]

I don’t remember Obie and Wookie staying at Camp David. Must not he opulent enough.

[wideminded]

* Air Force One is known to cost about $180,000 an hour to fly.

It would be interesting to find out why this cost is so high. If a 747 owned by an airline cost this much, they would have to charge $1800 a ticket to transport 600 people across the country in 6 hours, just to break even.

Perhaps it has something to do with multiple planes.

[Chode]

he did it TWICE!!! went there, came back for the fiscal cliff bill(that i don't think he signed) and then went back!!!

[Carriage Hill]

I’s personally prefer that 0bummer & Her Lardass suck on some exhaust pipes on Air Force One, until they dropped.

[MinorityRepublican]

Congress should specifically approve each time the Air Force One has to make a trip. A trip to a foreign country to bolster our relations, then that would be justified. But a trip for pleasure in Hawaii? The President should pay for that out of pocket.

Not fair? Well, that's what Camp David is for? A Presidential Retreat.