I read that the Obamas are picking up the tab for the rent ($50,000 per week) but the taxpayers are footing the bill for everything else — Secret Service, transportation, etc. When Michelle insists on separate planes in order to arrive 4 hours early, that is simply outrageous.
Yeah, I agree with the other posters that if they want to vacation, they should go to Camp David. If they want to go anywhere else, they need to pay for it themselves.
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...... an entourage of several dozens to exclusive Martha’s Vineyard island at a cost of millions to taxpayers.
.... dozens of U.S. Secret Service agents, communications officials, top aides, drivers, and U.S. Coast Guard personnel
How much does a president get paid a year? (Above the table that is)