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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

It's Extremely Expensive to Keep Our President Flying

It's extremely expensive for American taxpayers to keep Air Force One flying.  On average, the amount it costs is around $206,337 per every flight our.  This number is according to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) letter obtained by the nonprofit Judicial Watch.
The cost includes fuel, flight consumables, depot level repairables, aircraft overhaul, and engine overhaul.

Here are some examples of the cost of the Presidents trips:
 
  • Cost to taxpayers $527,192.50:  Flights for President's 2014 Labor Day weekend fundraising trips to Westchester, New York, and Providence, Rhode Island.
     
  • Cost to taxpayers $358,490.90:  Transportation for President's round-trip flight from Washington, D.C., to Westchester, New York, to attend a wedding.
     
  • Cost to taxpayers $653,718.70:  The flight for President's trip to Milwaukee to speak at "Laborfest 2014".
     
  • Cost to taxpayers $7,921,638.66:  President's June 17-19, 2013, trip to Belfast, Ireland, including a Dublin sightseeing side trip by Michelle Obama, her daughters, and her entourage.

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8 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2015 at 5:46 AM

    " It's extremely expensive to keep your president flying"

    "It's extremely expensive to keep your president" period!!!

    He's your president , not mine.

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2015 at 6:42 AM

    Fly his ass to kenya one way drop off.

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2015 at 7:16 AM

    He is the welfare muslims president.

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2015 at 8:16 AM

    I Read that some former soviet countries have great deals on overstock surface to air missiles. Just saying.

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2015 at 8:54 AM

    Liberals see nothing wrong with this and keep electing their own to continue the same-ole same-ole.

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  6. lmclainFebruary 25, 2015 at 9:20 AM

    8:16 just made the list....

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2015 at 10:42 AM

    The three states Obama hasn't visited: South Dakota, South Carolina and Utah. And for good reason.

    South Dakota: Mount Rushmore - he knows that his presidency will never get his face carved in stone. Then again, he pretty much does what he wants so you never know... he might end up being the fifth face on Rushmore...

    South Carolina: Hilton Head - perhaps his golf game hasn't evolved enough to hit some of the best links on the east coast. Or maybe he is saving the better golf outings for the end of his presidency. My best theory is that he is afraid to visit SC after Governor Nikki Haley called him a liar during a speech. Perhaps Haley even banned him from visiting SC (I like that theory the best)

    Utah: Ass whoopin' - Obama may seem pretty dumb at times, but a smart man would not visit the state where he was outrageously and relentlessly destroyed in the 2012 election losing 3/4 of the votes to Romney. I would imagine that he is not much liked there.

    Bottom line, it's political. He isn't going to visit states where he has no means of political advancement or persuasion and I don't blame him. His whole reign has been devoted to politicking and campaigning - not to running this country. He prefers the dog and pony show over solutions to real world problems.

    Lesson to be learned here? Move to Utah, South Dakota or South Carolina if you want to keep this idiot out of your back yard!

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 26, 2015 at 12:01 AM


    Think they're hiding the extravagant cost of having Moochie Meals catered on board the plane.

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