$85 Million For Obama Family Vacations

[Ghoulardi]

The first family has spent over $10 million a year on travel and vacations, and the still growing bill has crossed over $85 million in eight years, according to a watchdog group.

Judicial Watch, which has charted the travel of presidents for years, on Monday said that it has received a new batch of bills for the first family's Christmas break in Hawaii, bringing that trip to nearly $5 million. The Obama's are expected to return to Hawaii this Christmas.

The expenses cover items such as security, flights and hotel rooms for staff and U.S. Secret Service. They do not include the price of prepositioning ships and aircraft in the area or much of the communications costs.

Understand, I don't begrudge anybody a vacation.

However, when there's a 20 trillion dollar deficit one cannot help but to wonder if some belt tightening coud be incorporated.

Examples:

Why can't Obama go to some of the cities that were hit hard by the economy? I bet the simulus would be much appreciated.

After all, when the average family goes on vacation, they think: Well, we can't afford Disney World this year, so how about Six Flags.

[zewazir]

The entire Obama family represent the epitome of the ruling elitist attitude: society OWES them fancy, multi-million dollar vacations because they are generous enough to grant us their wisdom in running our lives.

[walkstall]

The entire Obama family represent the epitome of the ruling elitist attitude: society OWES them fancy, multi-million dollar vacations because they are generous enough to grant us their wisdom in running our lives.

When b o is out of office he should be put on the NO FLY list.

[Solar]

The entire Obama family represent the epitome of the ruling elitist attitude: society OWES them fancy, multi-million dollar vacations because they are generous enough to grant us their wisdom in running Ruining our lives.

FIFY...

[kit saginaw]

Past Dems in the White House had no clue to what a 'vacation' was.  They'd been too busy living a life of perpetual schmoozing in the public-sector.

Money toward their vacations is always money virtually wasted. 

[quiller]

When b o is out of office he should be put on the NO FLY list.

...And his passport seized, never to be reissued. And the same for Moochelle. And the daughters. We do not need two brats running around seeking office in the miserable tradition of their purported father. The Kennedys are bad enough.

[supsalemgr]

His travel budget is going to be much smaller and he has to pay for most of it. Karma.

[kit saginaw]

Karma.

is a place in Kenya.

[supsalemgr]

is a place in Kenya.

[Solar]

is a place in Kenya.

Where crow is served 24/7.