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How Much has the First Lady’s 16 Vacations Cost Taxpayers?
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FBN’s Lou Dobbs on the cost to taxpayers of some of the First Lady’s vacations.
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- Date Aug 9, 2012
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FBN’s Lou Dobbs on the cost to taxpayers of some of the First Lady’s vacations.
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-- -- -- -- Make sure that.
When you mortgages get an excellent manner that's -- first -- -- -- don't.
Yeah.
A tough job and Mr.
President we know -- trying to make the First -- -- Look what suitable to your supporters but complain even light -- about the First Lady.
Not getting paid a bond.
There -- a lot of folks in the country like to get paid and they don't have a job.
The president was kidding of course sort of we the people of course don't elect the First Lady but that doesn't mean we don't -- get stuck with the tab and when the First Lady is -- and I -- taking 1616.
Vacations.
And that's in the period of -- -- -- Three and a half years.
Well things -- and I hope she gets to be if you'll forgive the expression.
From a taxpayer perspective certain that your not from husband's perspective high maintenance.
And a and all of that without throwing in a salary Mr.
President.
So how expensive according to our friends that judicial watch the first -- safari trip.
I -- safari trip I think everyone should take a safari trip.
-- I've been talking about taking a safari trip.
The South Africa and Botswana.
That that cost taxpayers -- -- over well.
400 Tony for.
-- -- Plans box and that doesn't include food accommodation transportation.
So there -- -- experts is not about.
For the quarter one family and staff members -- and belong on that sixth day.
Safari tour.
That's not all the personally be stripped -- sunny Spain back in 2010.
Spain.
Now that's another point -- and a nice.
About -- costs a lot of money to 467.
Grand.
And -- we don't know about the food the accommodation and everything again I -- it starts to add up doesn't and of course no one.
-- vacation without going to Aspen.
Prevail.
Our.
Well steamboats -- -- Sun Valley -- it is.
This was described as a low key vacation.
It only cost the taxpayers a little more than eighty.
3000.
Dollars.
And that's only three trips that's almost a million dollars of taxpayer money as you can see on those three trips it didn't really amount of the total expenses.
We don't even want to get into the cost of the remaining thirteen trips thirteen other trips no sense getting upset about something that.
We can't control we can't do anything about.
You know like a salary for the First Lady.
Right Mr.
President.