Why Would A President Want To Give Up 70 Million In Vacations? Obama Will NEVER Earn That Much Money, NO Less Pay For A House, Cars,Air Travel, Food, Chefs And All The Other Benefits Of The Office! Obama Ain't Leavin'

How Much is President Obama's
Golf Game Costing America?

• Dec 18, 2015 
• Source: AAN 
• by: AAN Staff

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Presidents Eisenhower and Reagan were frequently 

criticized by their opponents for their casual attitudes

 while in office, although later conversations with 

those closest to the two men suggested that this 

was merely a ruse, and that they were both highly

 competent and engaged during critical periods

 of American history. 

It's unlikely that President Obama will get the same treatment. While ISIS is on the march, 

Obama spends his days attending fundraisers and going on vacation. And now, the bill has 

come due. No surprise here, it's huge:

There was the weekend trip for President Barack Obama and his daughters

to New York, including a Broadway show and a private museum tour.

The ski trip to Aspen, Colorado, for first lady Michelle Obama in February.

And lots and lots of golf in Florida, Southern California and Martha’s

Vineyard, Mass.

Now as the Obama family departs Friday on its annual holiday vacation to

Hawaii, new estimates put the price tag of the Obamas’ 2015 trips that are

all or largely personal at $11.6 million for travel costs alone, according to the

conservative group Judicial Watch, based on federal government records.

That brings the overall cost of personal or largely personal travel to at

least $70.5 million since Obama took office in 2009, according to the

group’s analysis.

The costs of Air Force One and other government planes as well as

helicopters, limos and other unique parts of presidential travel often

raise questions about the need.

“My gosh, we can’t afford it,” said Tom Fitton, president of Judicial

Watch, which is pushing for less personal travel and for security

changes.

But others call it a necessary part of security and convenience for a

commander-in-chief.

“In this environment, I don’t think anyone on either side of the aisle is

advocating for them to do less,” said Dave Carney, a White House

political director for President George H.W. Bush and a critic of what

he called posh Obama vacations. “No one wants to say we need less

security and then something happens.”

President Obama's love of leisure is a slap in the face of an already beleaguered, 

underpaid American tax base. We will be glad to see him go.

 Source: AAN

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