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"Michelle Obama's Africa Trip Cost More Than $424,142
First lady Michelle Obama's family trip to South Africa and Botswana in June cost taxpayers well over $424,000, according to new accounting based on Air Force manifests obtained by Judicial Watch, a taxpayer watchdog group.
The use of Air Force aircraft alone for the June 21-27 trip cost $424,142, said the group, and that doesn't include the food, lodging, and ground transportation for the 21 family and staff members.
Judicial Watch said it based the jet costs on the Pentagon's hourly rates for the C-32A aircraft used for the trip. The documents don't give exact cost calculations, which is typical for presidential and first family trips.
The White House this afternoon disputed the costs calculated by Judicial Watch. "The number stated is misconstrued and out of context. The hourly rate is not the marginal cost of operation 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," said an official. "For example, it includes estimated replacement parts, depreciation, repairs, and costs that would have been incurred regardless of this flight. Also, for security reasons Mrs. Obama must fly on military aircraft." Also, during her good-will mission, the first lady attended five to seven official events daily.
Obama is like many first ladies, spending summers traveling on good-will missions, sometimes with family and friends. On the June trip, during which she was accompanied by her daughters and mother, the first lady urged young people to engage with their governments and she pushed her education and wellness agenda. They also took a safari in South Africa, well known for its beautiful Lion King-like settings.
The costs of the trips have often won media scorn, as did her trip to Spain the previous summer.
But presidential experts say that the value of first lady visits is priceless, especially in cases like Obama's to Africa where the first family has special ties and where the president has been pursuing a personal agenda, especially in Kenya, the home of his father.
http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2011/10/04/michelle-obamas-africa-vacation-cost-more-than-432142
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Might I inquire as to what the point of this is?
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Just to further illustrate the disconnect that this woman has with reality. Most Americans won't make $424,142 in twenty years and she just blows it on a worthless trip to Africa. What benefit does it give to the American people for her to go on a trip like this?
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How is this any different than any other first lady since the turn of the century?
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Just to further illustrate the disconnect that this woman has with reality. Most Americans won't make $424,142 in twenty years and she just blows it on a worthless trip to Africa. What benefit does it give to the American people for her to go on a trip like this?
its in the article you posted ,didn't you read it. or did you go as far as "Michelle Obama's Africa Trip Cost More Than $424,142
then stop ::)
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How much would it cost to get her to stay there?
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I guess they should have used the Presidential Row Boat instead.
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I guess they should have used the Presidential Row Boat instead.
or maybe cessna 1
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or maybe cessna 1
I wouldn't advise anyone fly in these Doctor Killers.
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unless you have gotten the Laura bush vacation cost guide, and compared it, and showed that she spent far less than Mobama, it's ireelevant..
My govt squanders an assload of $, but I'm fine with spending well to protect our leaders and their wives.
Plus, since every first lady in the world receives top protection and travel accomodations for her travels, it's par for course.
Plus, if a first lady was given a shitty $2000 security stipend and something happened, you'd have 33 complaining about that too.
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;)
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Just to further illustrate the disconnect that this woman has with reality. Most Americans won't make $424,142 in twenty years and she just blows it on a worthless trip to Africa. What benefit does it give to the American people for her to go on a trip like this?
You mean you don't paint in $400 t-shirts and wear $800 shoes to Target while trying to prove that you're "just one of us"?
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You mean you don't paint in $400 t-shirts and wear $800 shoes to Target while trying to prove that you're "just one of us"?
I wear 800 dollar shoes to the grocery store.