Of course, that was before Bo and Moo. That's still true today. Of course, taxpayers pay (and have historically paid) for AF1, secret service, and other related costs, which often dwarf the "vacation costs" that are billed to the President.
Bo and Moo. Love the names. Reminds me of a now defunct black owned Chicago food store by the name of Moo and Oink... Let’s see, the mooch can be the cow, and the bozo can be the pig, and they can carry on the tradition of Moo and Oink. You can take a cow and a pig out of the ghetto, but you can’t take the ghetto out of the cow and the pig in the White House.