Posted on 06/15/2009 8:44:03 AM PDT by BP2
As President Barack Obama flies Monday to Chicago for a midday speech on health-care reform, the round trip on Air Force One will run about $236,000, according to government estimates of the operating costs for one of the top symbols, and perks, of the presidency.
But that does not include such expenses as Secret Service protection, motorcades and helicopter transports.
After landing at O'Hare International Airport, Obama is scheduled to spend about 2 1/2 hours here. To avoid snarling traffic on the Kennedy Expressway, he likely will be taken from the airport by helicopter to a location near the Hyatt Regency Chicago.
A Government Accounting Office report in 2000 showed Air Force One cost $54,100 to operate each flight hour, or almost $67,000 in today's dollars. It is a tough number to estimate, however, because of so many variables and fixed costs that could be included in or excluded from the calculation.
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Ahem, he is a TSAHMMMBLWANC
Thin-Skinned
America-Hating
Muslim
Marxist
Mulatto
Bastard
Leech
With
A
Narcissus
Complex
(but YMMV)
It’s not just the money Obama is wasting. Imagine the hydrocarbons this hypocrite is producing on these trips.
$236,000 to deliver a speech in person that he could have done using Video conferencing? Cut the waste!
And while he trips around...
Lloyds Banking Group is ditching American customers based in Britain pending a crackdown on international tax evasion planned by President Barack Obama.
Is this the biggest laugh of all times?
That’s nice 0, but what about starting in your own house!
There is no end to what this piece of nothing wants to do.
That’s what happens when you give some people a blank check.
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