[School of Rational Thought]

It seems the WH needs a lesson in cost accounting, in particular activity based costing.

[DManA]

This is good. Let’s have a big VERY PUBLIC fight about it.

[Iron Munro]

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.

[Fledermaus]

"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,"

You stupid libs can't have it both ways. You force government to report costs this way and then complain when it's used?

This is the real reason we had "$400 hammers" those whiny libs lied about. They were only $400 because the "law" Congress passed forcing this kind of cost reporting. That $400 for a hammer included the average cost of running an entire ship or plane, etc.

Live by the lies, die by the lies.

[SunTzuWu]

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.

This excuse by the White House makes no sense. That is the way you are supposed to calculate hourly cost. If you strip out those costs you are left with only fuel cost.

[Seeing More Clearly Now]

And the Marxists convinced their useful idiots in the unions and academe that the Obamas are out for the little guy. The Obamas are parasites out for themselves only and sucking dry the marrow of the U.S. treasury.

[jersey117]

This can’t be true. We all know she shops at Target.

[Tigerized]

No one begrudges the first family an occasional vacation on the taxpayers, but THIS bunch has raised the bar from grabbing all the goodies they can before they’re found out.

Paid on Friday. Broke on Saturday. Sticking it to the taxpayers by Sunday.

The Clintons only grabbed the silverware. I wonder what will remain when the Obamas finally get evicted?