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Posted on 10/05/2011 2:02:39 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
A fight has broken out between the White House, its defenders and a conservative public watchdog group over first lady Michelle Obama's travel costs and how they are calculated. The dispute stems from a Judicial Watch release yesterday, reported by Whispers, that said the first lady's June goodwill mission to Africa cost $424,142 just for her Air Force C32A.
Judicial Watch said it used Pentagon calculations to come up with the price to taxpayers, multiplying the hourly cost of $12,188 by the number of flight hours, 34.8.
[Read: Michelle Obama's Africa Trip Cost More than $424,142.]
The White House later said that the costs used were exaggerated and included elements typically not included in calculating flight costs.
"The number stated is misconstrued and out of context. The hourly rate is not the marginal cost of operating the plane—it is an accounting figure that prices in a number of fixed costs from maintaining the Air Force fleet for this kind of plane over a year. For example, it includes estimated replacement parts, depreciation, repairs, and costs that would have been incurred regardless of this flight," said an official.
(Excerpt) Read more at usnews.com ...
I'm thinking Hobson's Choice, but there's got to be a better analogy.
Probably the dog.
It’s actually a three-fer since they in fact aren’t senior staff, MO falsified federal forms, punishable by fines and imprisonment.
What “fight”?
Moochelle will get away with screwing the taxpayer and she will do it again and get away with it again.
Ha Ha;)
The cost of operating any equipment includes those items mentioned. That is how costs are pro-rated/assessed.
Do they think we are stupid?
Oh...................
Moosejaw should grow a big pair of cankles and fire the entire WH Travel Office.
That is slick. Now, instead of answering the question, they are having a big argument about cost accounting. This method, perfected by Slick Clinton, works every time with a compliant press.
Did Øbama use his pimp hand on his babies momma?
Nancy, Barbara, Laura, heck even Hillary...
I mean, Hillary made our lives miserable in a lot of ways while Bill was DIRTPOTUS but I don't recall her ever taking lavish overseas vacations with a 30 flunky entourage.
Half a MILLION DOLLARS was just for the PLANE!!!!!!!
The ENTIRE Administration is nothing but CHILDREN, so I guess they fit right in.
At least Marie Antoinette was good looking.
didn't the silly cow list her spawn as Assistants or Aides or some such????
It seems the WH needs a lesson in cost accounting, in particular activity based costing.
This is good. Let’s have a big VERY PUBLIC fight about it.
She did plenty of traveling with Chelsea.
Resident Obama’s relatives won’t go on these international party trips with the Moose even though they are always invited.
They are afraid they won’t be able to get back into the US with their bogus ID’s.
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