This.
Seriously come back with some a credible source. Cause i highly doubt this is true. Besides 10 million on vacation is ALOT ALOT ALOT of vacations.
First Lady accused of spending $10m in public money on her vacations
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This.
Seriously come back with some a credible source. Cause i highly doubt this is true. Besides 10 million on vacation is ALOT ALOT ALOT of vacations.
I understand that the National Enquirer is a shitty/taboo news source, but you're acting as if they've NEVER broken a story/scandal before.. which is simply not true.
officials note that the first lady is paying for her own room, food and transportation, and the friends she brought will pay for theirs as well. The government pays for security, and the Secret Service, not the first lady, determines what is needed.
Every first lady in modern times has flown on government planes with a sizable security detail, and it is hard to pinpoint the cost to taxpayers. The Air Force jet she flew costs $11,351 per hour to operate, according to several reports, meaning a 14-hour round trip would cost nearly $160,000. The first lady would reimburse only the equivalent of first-class commercial tickets for herself and her daughter Sasha, the rest of the seats being occupied mainly by Secret Service. Officials said their friends flew on separate commercial flights.
Laura Bush took vacations without her husband each year of George W. Bush’s presidency, traveling with her Secret Service detail on a government plane to meet friends for camping in national parks. But that never generated as much furor,
Michelle Obama Criticized for Spain Vacation - NYTimes.com
So far, President Obama has taken 61 vacation days after 31 months in office. At this point in their presidencies, George W. Bush had spent 180 days at his ranch where his staff often joined him for meetings. And Ronald Reagan had taken 112 vacation days at his ranch.
Among recent presidents, Bill Clinton took the least time off -- 28 days.
Presidential vacations: How does Obama compare? - CBS News
Every first lady in modern times has flown on government planes with a sizable security detail, and it is hard to pinpoint the cost to taxpayers. The Air Force jet she flew costs $11,351 per hour to operate, according to several reports, meaning a 14-hour round trip would cost nearly $160,000. The first lady would reimburse only the equivalent of first-class commercial tickets for herself and her daughter Sasha, the rest of the seats being occupied mainly by Secret Service. Officials said their friends flew on separate commercial flights.
Laura Bush took vacations without her husband each year of George W. Bush’s presidency, traveling with her Secret Service detail on a government plane to meet friends for camping in national parks. But that never generated as much furor,
Michelle Obama Criticized for Spain Vacation - NYTimes.com
So far, President Obama has taken 61 vacation days after 31 months in office. At this point in their presidencies, George W. Bush had spent 180 days at his ranch where his staff often joined him for meetings. And Ronald Reagan had taken 112 vacation days at his ranch.
Among recent presidents, Bill Clinton took the least time off -- 28 days.
Presidential vacations: How does Obama compare? - CBS News
you guys are funny. you guys are ignant on the N.E. its not an alien rag, you are thinking the Globe, etc. the Enquirer actually practices real journalism ever since they were smacked down in court years ago.
i don't remember laura bush acting as tacky as michelle, but "the bushes did it" isn't much of an argument.
we can't hate on the obama's?? why not???
i don't remember laura bush acting as tacky as michelle, but "the bushes did it" isn't much of an argument.
we can't hate on the obama's?? why not???
Yes we can, but if the main concern in this case is truely just wasteful spending, then the points made by Ron Paul in the video below also apply here.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkU2SvG-62Y]Ron Paul: Making fun of fiscal conservatives cutting NPR funding! - YouTube[/ame]
This story is on their front page. Also, go back and reread the supposed "quotes". Who the hell actually talks like that? It reads like a propaganda radio transmission.
You're referring to News of The World, a satirical "newspaper" that's on the shelf alongside The National Enquirer.
The National Enquirer broke the Bristol Palin pregnancy story, the John Edwards affair story, the Jesse Jackson love child story, the Rush Limbaugh addicted to painkillers story, and several others that all were true.
National Enquirer - still a tabloid, but got tired of being sued so much that they changed quite a bit years ago
Daily Mail - generally much less reliable than the Enquirer
Weekly World News - the mostly fake one, only online now
Bush holding up a copy of it :
Daily Mail - generally much less reliable than the Enquirer
Weekly World News - the mostly fake one, only online now
Bush holding up a copy of it :
Did you know - readers of the daily mail are statistically more likely to have an STD than any other UK newspaper.
On topic, let's be honest here, $10 mill compared to the amount the american gov gets in taxes every year is basically nothing. You're probably paying less than a cent per year for her holidays.
On topic, let's be honest here, $10 mill compared to the amount the american gov gets in taxes every year is basically nothing. You're probably paying less than a cent per year for her holidays.
I'm not trying to defend her, but to transport someone of such high regard (flights, security, basically renting out entire hotels, so on and so forth) is somewhat expensive. Still pretty shitty though, I didn't vote for them.
This is 2011 people.
Set up secure line.
Teleconference.
You're welcome government, I just saved you about $100m a year that you can now give to more able-bodied lazy fucks who persist on welfare most of their lives.
Set up secure line.
Teleconference.
You're welcome government, I just saved you about $100m a year that you can now give to more able-bodied lazy fucks who persist on welfare most of their lives.
Michelle Obama is NOT a senior politician. She is married to one.
That's no different than all the people who used their FEMA money from Katrina to buy big screen TV's and PS3's. Using YOUR money to get things they don't deserve.
Complaining about 10m being spent in relation to how much money is being thrown around by the states is almost like bitching about one person leaving a single lightbulb on in a 100-floor building overnight... imo.
She's still in a position of responsibility (lol) and I can't see that being the most relaxing life.
