What does he care? It isn’t his money.
He has been spending money like it was water since the day he moved in, why stop now?
That is outrageous!
There is no reason in the world for taking a trip a 200 million per day.
None!
We should jam the media boards until this is investigated....and stopped if true.
And no way that anyone’s family should be along for sightseeing. This is Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette opulence, indulgence, narcissism.
No way this shouldn’t be illegal!
Sadly this trip is probably saving us money. He spends more when he’s in Washington.
Second, if it is correct, I would like to see it compared to the benefit expected from the trip. For example, if the purpose of the trip is to boost sales of military equipment to India by American companies as has been said, how much sales volume will be required just to recoup the cost of the trip.
I get the feeling this is another boondoggle in which the cost exceeds (by an order of magnitude) the potential benefit.
On CNBC this morning, they were disputing the $200,000,000/day price tag. Don’t presidents have to turn in expense accounts like everyone else so we could get the true total of this useless jaunt with 3000 tag-alongs?
I can't imagine anyone, on the left or the right who's head isn't spinning over the opulence of this event.
It's...disgusting to no end.
I can almost accept this, except for the large group of folks going.
I understand security is a necessity, but would prefer they use military vessels, including using flag-capable ships for stays instead of hotels.
I can also accept the necessity of establishing business ties, as business does this on it’s own routinely, which mitigates this for me. Doing it on taxpayer dime is debatable too, but that is not new for gov either.
The real story to me is, how many of these businesses, that have their CEOs going, were Obama or DNC campaign donors?
Were there any representatives from companies that gave the more to GOP, or is this just another crony payback?
Maybe he is taking some of the unspent stimulus money and setting up a government in exile.
What kind of ice cream do they have in India?
Malfeasance and misappropriation of government funds and resources are certainly impeachable offenses!
And old people in the US are lined up in commodity lines for excess food in increasing numbers.
Left, Obama's childhood president, el-Haj Mohammed Suharto (aka, Soeharto)
Right, Barack Hussein Obama, aka Barry Soetoro
We NEVER should have elected a president who spent four of his formative school years in a country run by a dictator.
Obama obviously picked up some bad ideas and thinks presidents have the right to run the lives of their citizens.
Before trumpeting this $200 million a day number, probably we should check again.
The source in India for this has no breakdown of the figures, and if you go to their site, they seem to like writing outlandish and embellished stories.