bruce, You people STILL on this? What? You expected The President of The United States and the First Lady to take a bus to the nearest McDonalds?
On Jun 4, 4:35 am, bruce majors <[email protected]> wrote: > Obama Hides Taxpayer Tab For Romantic N.Y. Date > In yet another violation of his infamous pledge to run the most transparent > administration in history, President Barack Obama refuses to disclose how > much U.S. taxpayers spent on his highly publicized New York date with his > wife. > > While many regular Americans suffer through an economic crisis, the > president and First Lady took a taxpayer-financed government jet to > Manhattan for dinner and a Broadway show. The Obama's paid for dinner and > the theater tickets but Americans picked up the hefty tab for the > transportation, motorcades and security details. > > Estimates for the trip have ranged from $24,000 to $75,000 but the White > House could end the speculation by revealing the actual cost. After all, > unprecedented transparency was one of Obama's main campaign promises and it > wasn't that long ago that he boldly proclaimed that "Transparency and the > rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency." > > So why not end the guesstimates by revealing the actual numbers? A > Washington D.C. newspaper speculates that the cost is far more exorbitant > than most Americans imagine, providing in a lengthy story details to support > > the theory and rule out the $24,000 estimate as "absurdly low" and the > $75,000 estimate as "spectacularly low." > > The article helps calculate the actual cost by offering details of the > logistics involved in the president's intricate security operation. First, > the Obama's and their entourage flew from the White House to Andrews Air > Force Base which required three choppers, two decoys and the one carrying > the First Couple. That trip alone requires dozens of military personnel for > radar, communications, mechanics and crews. > > The piece points out that transporting the president on a weekend still > takes a full operation, which means D.C. police, uniformed Secret Service > officers and Capitol police making overtime pay. At least three jets ferried > > the Obama's aides and reporters to New York and a motorcade of at least a > dozen vehicles was set up in New York. Then, at least three helicopters flew > > the whole party from JFK Airport to a Wall Street landing zone. > > Hundreds of New York Police Department officers-earning overtime pay-were > stationed along the Obama route, shutting down roads and holding back > pedestrians. An army of police cars and motorcycles as well as New York City > > ambulance participated in the procession. Finally, the U. S. Secret Service > had to survey the route in advance and station agents and sharpshooters > throughout the area. > > Americans deserve to know how much of their tax dollars the president spent > to take his wife on this date, which he evidently promised her during the > rigors of campaigning. His secrecy on the matter is only the latest > violation of his own transparency rule. > > In December Obama failed to make public-as promised-details of crucial > transition meetings with special interest groups. A few months later, > Obama's > Justice Department defended a Bush Administration secrecy rule it had > harshly criticized in court. 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