Obama Plays While America Suffers

Barack Obama has announced his Christmas vacation to Hawaii – for a staggering 17-day trip. How many of you get a 17 day Christmas vacation?  Obama, who visited the island just two weeks ago for an economic summit, will head to Honolulu on Saturday December 17 until Monday January 2.

Last year the trip cost taxpayers more than $1 million, according to the Hawaii Reporter.  Obama announced the trip during a campaign fundraiser on Oahu's Leeward Coast during his stay on the island last month.

Obama's family pays for the cost of a private beach front residence in Kailua, Oahu, for their vacation.  The rest is covered by the taxpayers.

The bill to house Secret Service agents and Navy Seals in beach front accommodation stretched to $16,800. A further hotel bill of $134,400 covered 24 White House staff staying in the Moana Hotel at a rate of $400 a day. The estimate also includes $250,000 for local police overtime, $1 million for the president's own round trip flight to Hawaii on Air Force One, and $10,000 for a local ambulance to accompany the presidential motorcade.

Michelle Obama will also have her plane to and from Hawaii.  The Obama's don't seem to fly together.  Taxpayers pick up that cost too.

This follows an 11-day stay in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, earlier this year, which also cost the U.S. taxpayer millions.

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