Posted on 06/30/2013 8:49:45 AM PDT by yoe
The Washington Times reports that the cost of Obama's Africa trip, estimated as high as $100 million, is overshadowing President Obama's agenda. If past VIP trips are any indication, (lodging and local transportation) would represent only a fraction of the $100 million, yet those costs would likely still dwarf those of the average citizen traveling abroad. In late March, Vice President Joe Biden's ($321,000 limo bill) and ($585,000 Paris hotel bill) for his trip to Europe earlier this year were revealed.
While the amounts spent were deemed fairly ordinary by government insiders, the fact that the closely-held information was found on a publicly available government website had (some speculation) that perhaps the postings had been inadvertent. Wolf Blitzer, who spent seven years reporting from the White House, even called it "an extremely rare glimpse." However, further investigation has revealed that the information is not as rare as previously supposed.
For example, Vice President Biden's trip to Moscow in 2011. The (contract was awarded) o the Moscow Ritz-Carlton on February 24, 2011 and , according to the accompanying (Justification and Approval) (J&A), the estimated cost for 1,778 room nights was $665,545. As has been noted before, contracts for travel for high level government officials are not subject to the same requirements for competitive bidding as other government contracts due to security concerns:
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Our Congress needs to hear from all of us demanding they stop this blatant looting of our money by the nouveaux riches Obama's and their third world confederates.
shouldn’t this be taxable income to obama? reported on a w-2 or 1099?
That’s over $300 rasbucknicks per night per person. Don’t they have any Motel 6 franchises in Russia? Does it include hot and cold slow moving maids for the Secret Service ops? Lets see. We borrow the Dollars from the Chinese at interest and trade them for Kopeks at a discount to pay the Russians. The financial wizards of Washington once again display their acumen. God save the Republic.
What does it matter?Nobody seems to care or do anything about it.This 4th I will fondly remember the glory of our independence but I will have an empty feeling about where we are now and what the American future will be.I despise everything Obama and the liberal cancer he infects the country with.He eviscerates this country while spreading jihad throughout the world.
Shut up and PAY, peasant - or you’ll get a colonoscopy from Obama’s IRS gunthugs.
That's only for peasants, naturalborn. Nice life you got there. Be a shame if an IRS audit happened to it...
Marxists and mafiosi never spend their own money.
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