So is President obama the first President to get these amazing priveliges??? Like Chris Christie said, run for Govwernor and if you win, you get a beach house!!!
On Tue, Jul 4, 2017 at 5:43 PM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > *Surprise! You’re still paying for Obama’s vacations* > > JULY 3, 2017 > > · > > · > > The Fourth of July holiday is over, but you’re still paying for a family > vacation — even if you didn’t take one. > > Former President Barack Obama’s family may be out of office, but taxpayers > are still footing the bill for their vacations… and you will be for life. > > The Obamas began a nine-day vacation in Indonesia on June 30 by rafting > along a river in a luxurious resort in Bali. > > It was a homecoming for Obama, who grew up attending school there. > > But taxpayers are footing the bill for this family trip down Memory Lane. > Under the Former Presidents Act, the president and his wife are allowed > $1.5 million a year in travel expenses, not including their security detail > and lavish, lifelong pension. > > It’s good to be the king, or even the former king. > > How much Americans are paying for the Obamas’ getaway is a mystery. In > fact, we don’t even know how much we spent on their jet-setting lifestyle > when he was in the Oval Office! > > Partial records from the Secret Service and the Air Force show that the > Obamas’ vacations while in office cost U.S. taxpayers almost $100 million. > > $99,714,527.82, to be exact. > > For eight years the Obamas lounged around the most elite hot spots and > watering holes of the liberal establishment: Martha’s Vineyard, Aspen, and > Key Largo. Michelle Obama and the girls, Sasha and Malia, took vacations > all their own to exotic locations like Spain, Morocco, Liberia — dropping > millions of dollars, over and over again. > > The Obamas always indulged in the very best that other people’s money > could buy, including their trips to: > > · Hawaii, for $8 million. > > · Ireland, for another $8 million. > > · The Castro brothers’ Communist Cuba for $7.1 million. > > · Communist China, for $8,400 a night – just for the Obama > ladies’ hotel suite. > > · Palm Springs, for a golf event over President’s Weekend, for $1 > million. > > That arrangement is hardly fair to struggling taxpayers, who may have had > to skip taking a vacation this summer — maybe the last few summers. > > But even this record is far from complete. > > Judicial Watch has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for > more expense records of the Obamas’ trips as far back as 2014. These cover > Barack Obama’s trip to Los Angeles, where he traded jokes on ABC’s “Jimmy > Kimmel Live,” and two appearances at Hillary Clinton campaign rallies in > the closing days of her losing 2016 presidential campaign. > > “The Obamas’ notorious abuse of presidential travel perks wasted military > resources and stressed the Secret Service,” said Tom Fitton, president of > Judicial Watch. He estimates that “the final costs of Obama’s unnecessary > vacation and political travel will well exceed $100 million.” > > That’s quite a tab for a man who promised he’d never go on vacation if he > was elected president. > > Obama said in 2008 that anyone who runs for president swears to the > American people that his “need for sleep, family life, vacations, leisure, > is gone. I am giving myself to you.” > > But once in office, Obama’s leisure time managed to break records. He > squeezed in more time for golf than any president who had ever held office > — 186 rounds on the links by 2014, according to *The Daily Caller*. > > At the same time, his passport collected more foreign stamps than other > presidents. By 2014, the Obamas had taken 31 international trips — almost > three-times as many as Ronald Reagan at the same point in his presidency. > > Since leaving office, the Obamas have traveled to Palm Springs, the > British Virgin Islands, and Tahiti. And it’s not just the Obamas who travel. > > They bring an entourage — including a Secret Service detail that he’s > promised for the rest of his life, all at taxpayer expense. > > “Many in the media would only focus on President Trump’s travel, but > Barack Obama continues to cost taxpayers with his luxury travel, and we aim > to get the facts,” Fitton said. > > But while he’s getting the facts, American taxpayers are still stuck with > the bill. > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > [image: Avast logo] <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/antivirus> > > > <#m_-7885889695270843328_m_2107974332867965325_m_-2770870307323153986_m_-230379911650890225_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected]> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmc250OXAwBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0OTkxNzg5MDc-> > > > [image: Yahoo! 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