Posted on 04/26/2012 11:31:32 AM PDT by ColdOne
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and fights government corruption, announced today that it obtained documents from the United States Air Force and the United States Secret Service detailing costs associated with Michelle Obama’scontroversial August 2010 vacation to Spain. According to a Judicial Watch analysis, the records indicate a total combined cost of at least $467,585.
Judicial Watch obtained the Secret Service records pursuant to an August 2010 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. (The agency notified Judicial Watch that it withheld 78 pages of responsive records in their entirety.) Judicial Watch obtained the U.S. Air Force records pursuant to a March 5, 2012, FOIA lawsuit.
The following are highlights from the U.S. Air Force records, which indicate a total cost of $213,124.15:
According to U.S. Department of Defense’s 2010 published hourly rates, the total cost of flying Michelle Obama and her guests from Camp Andrews to Malaga and then to Mallorca and back to the United States was $199,323.75. This is based on approximately 17 hours and 15 minutes of total flying time.The 15-member flight crew stayed at Tryp Guadalmar, a nearby motel. Lodging cost was $10,290.60 and car rental cost was $2,633.50. Food cost was $876.30, including $57.68 for four bottles of maple syrup and a package of pancake mix.
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Reconstruction II.
I used to see irresponsible children with their daddy's credit card when I read these type stories, now I just see evil, greedy, self-absorbed, destructive thugs.
She had to check on the voting booth company.
Obama is a zero, not Obama is alpha-omega
***Imagine if Laura Bush did this.***
In his last years in office, Bill Clinton took his family all over the world on your dime.
It’s all funny money anyway - no way do I believe the figures given. Multiply them by 10 and maybe I’ll start believing it. Try duplicating such a trip yourself no your own dime for that amount of money and see how far you get.
It’s all funny money anyway - no way do I believe the figures given. Multiply them by 10 and maybe I’ll start believing it. Try duplicating such a trip yourself no your own dime for that amount of money and see how far you get.
“Let’s Hear it For the Rainbow Tour...”
Its real brave of the Obama’s to not allow the second worst economic downturn since the great Depression from deteriing them from appearing to have an extravagant time.
They are doing a wonderful job of masking their pain from their loyal faithful subjects by putting on a smiling face.
It almost brings tears to my just thinking about it.
These are apparently just the Air Force and SS expenses. The number of people in her junket entourage isn't included, either.
The trip had to cost more than a million dollars. Security, Military,advance team, and everything else. 476K aint even close. Fuel for the airplane alone would be 100K.
Remember also, it was suggested she vacation in our suffering Gulf states instead of Spain.
Ain’t affirmative action great????Hey,we did it to ourselves!!!
lol. So true. Many were saying it cost us 4 million. Now we hear 400K. Not really that bad for the amount of security and other things necessary for her travels. I think Laura went to Israel and cost about the same. It has always cost a fortune to have a President and First Family. I don’t like complaining about liberals doing it but allowing the conservatives to get a pass. Bush’s Texas home was very expensive with security and of course big time tax write offs for working at home.....
true government is a corrupt nonster from the county traffic court, all the way to the President of the US, wouldnt matter if was McCain, Ronmey Bush or Obama in office , you still must give up 50% of your lifeblood to support the slavedriving government thugs and all the ingrate entitlement parasites they host
Seriously, tell me that picture has been photo-shopped?!?!
If no, are you freeping kidding me that someone with that fat of a “head” would DARE tell anyone else to eat right and get into shape?!?!?
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