You miss the big picture ... Obama shouldn’t be spending any money to defend against these cases when he could easily authorize the state of Hawaii to release an official long-form certificate.
The big picture is always composed of smaller details. One of those details is the alleged amount of money spent defending against Birther cases. That's a particular detail that other posters were relying upon in making their arguments.
I'll happily move along to discussing the prudence of defending against Birther cases if you'll first admit that 'Obama paid Perkins Coie $2 million to fight the release of records' is a bogus claim totally unsupported by a close examination of the actual court filings made by Perkins Coie attorneys, as I've illustrated.