Posted on 10/05/2011 10:00:48 AM PDT by Justaham
How much does it cost taxpayers to fly First Lady Michelle Obama, her two daughters and her mother, a niece and a nephew, a hairstylist and makeup artists to South Africa and Botswana to give a few speeches, meet Nelson Mandela, and enjoy a safari on a private game preserve?
Nearly half a million dollars, according to documents obtained by Judicial Watch via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) concerning Obama's June 21-27 journey.
Judicial Watch said the U.S. Air Force provided a C-32 - a Boeing 757 modified by the military for the purpose of flying big-wigs around the world - to fly the First Lady and her entourage to and from Africa, at a cost of $424,142. Another $928.44 was listed as the cost of providing 192 meals for the 21 people who made the trip
The Obama daughters were listed on the manifest as "senior staff."
“This trip was as much an opportunity for the Obama family to go on a safari as it was a trip to conduct government business,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “This junket wasted tax dollars and the resources of our overextended military. No wonder we had to sue to pry loose this information.”
(Excerpt) Read more at campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com ...
on the bright side, their liquor bill is probably smaller than most senior staffers.
Rush just now said the WH musta known this was coming out, and that’s why “they dressed MO up like a cleaning lady and sent her to Target for a photo op”....
that’s just the cost of the flight
what about security and security personnel?
trail planes?
supplies?
how many people were in addition to moochle’s 21 person entourage?
Her children are under the age of 16; as such they cannot be employees of the Federal Goverment. Thus we have a case of the First Lady committing fraud and embezzlement, in that by claiming her children were Federal Employees (Senior Staff) - they would draw a salary, be given health care, a per diem, would be acruing retirment and other benefits - reserved for an adult.
Child Labor: An employee must be at least 16 years old to work in most non-farm jobs and at least 18 to work in non-farm jobs declared hazardous by the Secretary of Labor
I presume Senior Staffers are paid a salary.
As much as she despises American taxpayers she sure doesn’t mind spending their money.
But she makes up for it by shopping at Target once every 3 or 4 years. ! ///HUGE sarc!!!
I hope Perry, Romney or whoever is our nominee is ready to run ads savaging Hussein and his wife Chewbacca for their extravagant and frequent vacations. People are suffering in this country because of the Obamas, while they live like Emperors on our tax dollars. They disgust me.
Indeed.
Our First Leech should be in jail for stealing the public’s money this way.
“on the bright side, their liquor bill is probably smaller than most senior staffers”.
...I’m sure they make up for it with a mountain of other demands.
“This is fraud and embezzlement, pure and simple.”
I’m no legal eagle, so I don’t know if counts as embezzlement. But it certainly appears this would have violated the False Claims Act: if we’re lucky, some disgusted federal bureaucrat will file a qui tam suit to recover damages.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qui_tam
Make it a one-way trip, and we’ll call it even...
This is only the cost of the plane ticket.
How much for the total package?
Remember Bill”the pervert” took a tax deduction for donating his old underware?
Moochelle was just “exercising” Nazi Pelosi’s plane. The C-32 is what Nazi used to fly back and forth to California when she was speaker.
Moochelle was just “exercising” Nazi Pelosi’s plane. The C-32 is what Nazi used to fly back and forth to California when she was speaker.
Rush just now said the WH musta known this was coming out, and that’s why “they dressed MO up like a cleaning lady and sent her to Target for a photo op”....
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They didn’t dress her like that, She always looks like a cleaning lady.
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