Posted on 10/13/2014 9:09:31 AM PDT by Olog-hai
When President Barack Obama takes Air Force One on a fundraising swing, he is required under the law to reimburse taxpayers for certain travel expenses.
But as Mark Knoller of CBS News reports, the White House has made it a practice of not publicly releasing specific reimbursement figures, making it impossible for the public to see exactly how much they pay every time the president goes on a political trip.
Knoller says it’s not about national security reasons, but rather about saving face.
“Very simply, the White House doesn’t want to disclose the material because it might be embarrassing and would draw lots of criticism, which Mr. Obama can do without,” Knoller reports. …
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This may seem like a silly question, but what, or who, exactly is he fund raising for?
I mean...he’s not running for anything. And most of the Dems ware running away from him, so who/what is he raising money for?
I have wondered the same thing. All I can come up with is the DNC general fund?
Most of his fundraisers are preceded by policy speeches, frequently at schools. So he considers this to be the reason AF1 and all the entourage gets covered by the taxpayer.
After the speech, he’ll hit three or four fundraiser events (since he’s already in town), then fly AF1 back home.
So we really aren’t paying for the fundraiser travel, we are rally paying for:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/MediaResources/PreparedSchoolRemarks
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2014/03/07/obamas-to-visit-coral-reef-senior-high-friday/
Besides, where’s the controlling legal authority?
I guess we’ll find out how much abuse the American People can take before we impeach, convict and imprison this LIEberal sonofabitch and all of his posse?
So the CDC money went to Obungo vacations and Golf games
If this guy’s transparency turned to gasoline, he couldn’t run a pissant’s motorscooter around a BB.
Couldn’t even run a weed trimmer for five seconds, more like.
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