The Obama attitude of “we are royalty” has been on full display since January 20, 2009. They believe we owe them and they take every opportunity to not only remind us of it but exploit it.
From the Daily Caller:
It cost taxpayers nearly a half-million dollars for first lady Michelle Obama to travel to Spain in 2010, according to an analysis by Judicial Watch.
The right-leaning watchdog group estimated that the trip cost $467,585. It based its analysis on documents obtained from the U.S. Secret Service and the U.S. Air Force.
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said it took his group “two years and a lawsuit to get these documents out of the Obama administration.”
“It is hypocritical for President Obama to fire GSA officials for wasteful conference spending, while his family went on a luxury vacation in the Costa del Sol Spain that cost taxpayers nearly half a million dollars,” Fitton said.
Among the various travel costs, the group estimated — using the Defense Department’s 2010 published hourly rates — that it cost the government $199,323 to fly to Spain and back to the United States.
The New York Times reported that those on the trip included the first lady, one of her daughters and “two friends and four of their daughters, as well as a couple of aides and a couple of advance staff members.”
Fitton’s group has previously disclosed the cost of sending the first family on overseas trips. Its analysis indicated that it cost $424,142 to fly the first family to South Africa and Botswana in 2011.
A million dollars for two of Michelle Obama’s vacations. She is not even an elected official!
What is wrong with this picture?
If she wants to take a vacation or if Barack Obama wants to go, let them pay for it. The Obamas are a part of the 1% they keep whining about.
The Obamas keep demanding that real Americans pay more in taxes. They say we should pay our “fair share.”
Apparently their definition of fair share does not apply to them, as they pay less than Warren Buffet’s secretary does for taxes.
Why should any America be required to pay more in taxes when hundreds of billions are wasted in fraud and government misspending? Why should Americans be forced to pay more in taxes just so Michelle Obama can blow a million for a vacation that 99% of all Americans cannot afford.
This is just another reason why the Obamas must go!
Permalink Reply by Debrajoe Smith-Beatty on Thank you and I agree with you. EXCEPT I will not call Micelle Obama, the first lady. She is no lady. And she is not acting like a first lady.
Permalink Reply by Katie Kalpin on YOU ARE 1000% right! She is NOT a lady at all.
Permalink Reply by William Homolka on Right, Deb. But then her husband is no man, but is certainly an ineligible usurper of our Oval Office. Now, the obummer camp is behind a film which suggests that Barack Obama Sr. may not be Barry's daddy. A cheap shot at trying to get him natural-born citizen status - don't believe it!!
Permalink Reply by Richard Banko on Debrajoe - you are so right - she is anything but a lady
Permalink Reply by David Shaw on She is no more a first lady than he is a president, they are both flagrant phonies that have embarked on a 4 yr. party at tax payers expense, and pushing their socialist agenda on all of us, and they continue to get away with it?
Permalink Reply by Elaine West on Great comparison, Nancy! When every other first lady would be seen in public she would maintain the standard set 250 yrs ago. With dignity, grace and distinction each and every other First Lady has stood for the best in our country and the best of our gender.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE IN AM ASHAMED OF MY COUNTRY'S HIGHEST PEOPLE AND ITS LOWEST STANDARDS. Sound familiar in a twisted way? Well it should - Michelle Obama proclaimed that she had never before been proud of her country until her husband was elected to pres. Now any pride in country is long gone.
Permalink Reply by Katie Kalpin on That is perfect. It is spot on! :D Great Pix, thank you. :)
Permalink Reply by Micheal McClean on She's female, it's summer, she was a grand canyon tourist: get over it!"
Permalink Reply by James William Olmes Rogers on As a "first lady," she is as big a fraud as her husband is POTUS!
Her title is "first lady," NOT "first tourist."
She could be denied entrance to WalMart.....
Permalink Reply by Judy Masserano on She could be denied entrance to WalMart.....
NO! She's one of those "People of WalMart". We need the laugh!
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