Well the numbers are now in and it would seem that
Barry’s recent trip back to the homeland, one that had him paying a visit to
both Kenya and Ethiopia, provided him with a total flight time of 29 hours and
left the taxpayer to pick up the tab which totaled $5,983,773. And visiting this region of Africa also
required some additional security measures be taken for Barry, as well as the
20 Members of Congress and additional members of the Executive branch who
traveled with him, which, of course, added to the total cost to taxpayers. But hey, that’s what we the taxpayers are
there for right? To pick up Barry’s tab.
According to the National Taxpayers Union Foundation
(NTUF), which launched a presidential travel study entitled “Still Up in the
Air”, on the day our ‘Dear Beloved Leader’ returns from his trip to Africa, he
will have spent a total of 161 days abroad during his presidency, with 41 of
those trips being international. NTUF
found that Barry has traveled internationally as much as any U.S. President
through July of the seventh year in office, having now equaled ex-president
‘Slick Willie’ Clinton with 41 trips. However, Barry has tended toward shorter
stays, falling just shy of the ‘Slickmeister’s’ 178 days spent overseas.
NTUF estimated that the hourly cost of flying Air
Force One during 2015 has been $206,337 per hour of flight. However, the press
release did add, “This figure, obtained by Judicial Watch, represents a slight
decline from 2013.” And a rather interesting
fact that most people may not know, but was emphasized by NTUF, is that
vacation trips by presidents are considered as official travel and are funded
by tax dollars. And we all know how many
vacations ‘THIS’ president has seen fit to take during his tenure, as well as
the high dollar destinations he has seen fit to visit with the family in tow.
Study author and Policy Analyst Michael Tasselmyer
stated, “While flight costs can be estimated, the rest of the expenses
associated with travel, including security, lodging, food, and more, not just
for the President and Air Force One, but additional staff and airplanes,
remains opaque.” NTUF is currently
researching and analyzing the First Lady’s international travel record. NTUF
previously found First Lady Laura Bush in the lead in comparison to Moochelle
Obummer on international trips and days spent overseas. But Moochelle has more than enough time to
catch up and, very likely, surpass the former First Lady.
Now if there is one thing that Barry has proven
himself to be quite proficient at, it’s
the spending of taxpayer money. Whether
he’s spending it on his many useless trips such as this recent one to Africa,
or on his numerous vacations or golf outings, or even a date night in the ‘Big
Apple’, Barry has demonstrated little regard for the fact that we out here
beyond the beltway have to work very hard for the money that must then turn
around and hand over to the government in the form of taxes. It would appear that as far as he’s
concerned our purpose in life is to fund his many extravagancies and to
subsidize the increasingly parasitic Democrat voter base.
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