I absolutely LOVE when people that have NEVER been involved in government issues, have become all knowing in the last 6-7 yrs. You dont have anything to talk about other there what you see/hear other people say. Reading is fundamental/ So now he takes too many vacations? Ummm.. Well.. let me drop this in your lap.. What I hate even worse is when I dont want to get into it with a friends friend out of respect for their page... Facebook makes everyone grow HUGE balls. Some Facts From Presidential Vacations of the Past: 1) Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan from LA Times, Issue Sept. 8, 1987 In 1987 President Reagan left for the West Coast for a 25 Day vacation. President Reagan spent one whole year out of a 6 1/2 year term on vacation. The bill for his one month long vacation $ 600,298.00 which was a lot of money 25 years ago. The Reagan’s visited their ranch in the Santa Ynez Mountains of California three times a year costing taxpayers 8 million dollars per year. When Reagan traveled he took an entourage that consisted of 24 Secret Service Agents, White House Chief of Staff Baker, National Security Adviser Carlucci, a dozen staff members, 24 hour communications personnel, a dozen drivers, some aides and Air Force One that cost $ 5,728.00 per hour. Reagan’s Air Force One was also shadowed by another plain called the Dooms Day Plane, for a back up with additional costs of fuel and staff. Quote: “the President (Reagan) has spent about one year of his 6 1/2 years in office vacationing in California. And those 356 days–the unofficial estimate of the White House transportation office–haven’t been cheap. The White House, federal agency officials and many of the California business people who serve the presidential entourage cite security considerations in refusing to discuss the particulars and costs of the latest presidential R & R. But an unofficial and very conservative estimate based on knowledgeable sources puts the taxpayers’ share of the 25-day rest at $600,298–excluding such items as food and toiletries, which come out of the Reagans’ pockets.” end quote 2) George Bush Quote: “But getting back to her suggestion that following Bush’s example would save taxpayer money. President Bush took 149 trips to Camp David, 77 visits to his Crawford ranch, and 11 trips to his father’s Kennebunkport mansion. Since Air Force One reportedly cost $56,800 per hour to operate in 2004 (which Bush used to get to Crawford), and the plane can travel up to 630 miles per hour, it cost at least $259,657 to get the 2,880 miles to Crawford and back, each time Bush went, million dollars just for taking the plane on the Crawford trips alone.” George Bush has 487 Days of Vacation a Whole Year off of Work
Posted on: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 23:42:50 +0000
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