According to the government watchdog group Judicial Watch, beginning with the infamous New York “date night,” the Obamas have spent $44,351,777.12 in taxpayer cash on travel expenses. The actual total cost may be higher, as the White House is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act. “Here we have a president that gets on the budget line by line, but this apparently doesn’t apply to his travel,” president of Judicial Watch, Tom Fitton, said in an interview with The Daily Caller. Of course, this analysis likely omits “official business” trips that are, in all reality, vacations. Last year, the Obamas toured Africa at a cost of over $100 million for taxpayers, while defending the vacation as official business. On this “official” business trip, President Obama was joined by his wife, children, his mother-in-law and his niece.
Posted on: Sun, 06 Jul 2014 06:04:24 +0000
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