Posted on 03/22/2013 2:52:03 PM PDT by Justaham
Paris may be known as the City of Light, but that title certainly doesn’t mean that visitors are light on spending as Vice President Joe Biden’s one day trip cost taxpayers more than half a million dollars.
When Mr Biden and his hefty entourage stayed in Paris for an evening in early February and it cost $585,000.50 for that single night.
The Vice President likely rented out more than 100 rooms in the Hotel Intercontinental Paris Le Grand, though they must not have gotten a group discount rate.
The price was reported by The Weekly Standard after they discovered the official contract filing online, showing how much the government paid for the hotel bill.
Few details were revealed about the five-star stay, but the Intercontinental reportedly has a promotion where if guests ‘find a lower price elsewhere and your first night is free.’
That must not have applied to Mr Biden and his security detail, however, because it would have been far less costly for tax payers if their one-night bill was taken care of.
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$5,850.50 a room and I thought I was paying a lot for a 5*.
It’s so embarrassing.
Discussed here earlier. Same money as a night in Paris for this loser could have kept the White House open to the People of the United States for nearly 2 months.
Wonder how many airport towers that amount of money would keep open
this admin is out of control!.. Is there anybody that they are accountable too?
Good ol’ Joe, man of the people. Just another working class guy from Delaware.
How is this even possible? Lets say a generous amount of $500.00 USD were applied to 100 guests that would be $50,000 total?
Here we go again, the RATS hand us ammo and we are too collectively stupid to use it against them.
Because he can.
Shame he couldn’t find a “motel 6” like the rest of us have to.
Mother Mary maybe is our best chance. The lame-stream drive bys love them.
check the figure again, it’s $585,000.00. how much would it have cost us for him to sleep in his damned Air Force #2 plane?
Now imagine if this had been Cheney.
This “let them eat cake” moment brought to you by the dofous VPOTUS
Am I right, Bill?
The Vice President likely rented out more than 100 rooms
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