BO’s $295,227 Night at Home
Judicial Watch has become quite the thorn in the side of the Obama administration. The Washington Examiner reports on the group’s latest haul: “In what a taxpayer watchdog group called an unusual abuse, President Obama’s decision over Labor Day to fly home from New York to sleep in his own bed instead of overnighting and then attending the New York wedding of his chef cost Americans $295,227. It was just one expensive leg of a Labor Day work and fun trip with an overall price tag of $1,539,402.10 in flight expenses alone – not including security costs, food, housing or those associated with his staff.” Obama’s lavish travel luxuries contrast sharply with how most Americans have been forced to cut back during his so-called economic recovery. And, as Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton put it, “This Labor Day back-and-forth shows President Obama seems to confuse Air Force One with Uber. President Obama abuses not only taxpayers with this unnecessary travel – he strains an already overstretched military and a Secret Service that is in crisis and can’t even guard the front door of the White House.” More…