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When President Obama and his daughters left Hawaii to return to the White House, the first lady stayed behind in the $25,000-a-week vacation mansion. The president let his wife stay on with friends as a "birthday present," the White House said.
Yes, America, like it or not, you just bought the first lady a really nice present. See, when she flies home solo, likely on an Air Force C-40B Special Mission Aircraft flown from Washington, D.C., it'll cost taxpayers about $126,000, according to the website WhiteHouseDossier.com.
But the price tag for the extended holiday will soar much higher. Dozens of staff and Secret Service personnel have stayed behind as well, at taxpayer cost, of course.
Michelle's penchant for vacations is legendary: She took three before March one year. Her jaunt to Spain's Costa del Sol in 2010 -- on a plane packed with friends -- cost taxpayers millions. She also jetted off to the Bahamas and summers in the Vineyarhhhd (as who doesn't).
Each year, too, she takes off for the tony slopes of Aspen for a quick ski (one year flying directly from Florida to make a little sun-n-ski adventure).
But then, the first lady, who turns 50 Jan. 17, must be exhausted: Fighting fat is hard work, people.
Reader Comments
there is no way to verify the veracity of stories like these. Everything in the media is so sensationalized it's had to tell which stories are real and which ones are propoganda. Consequently, no one (that has half a brain) believes anything written in a internet news magazine that closely resembles the National Enquirer. I'm not saying that the story isn't true, just that the way the info was presented can make one perceive it as having a high probability of it being untrue.
@globalgrrl:
Society is in the habit of lying, because the rich and powerful have ordained it, ordered it, for their continued material maintenance and success, ie., GREED.
Rather than being thought of as just good or bad in a moral sense, lying should be viewed as a way of constricting consciousness and keeping it static, so to speak.
Telling the truth, and staying with it (the truth) opens or enlarges the consciousness of the practitioner.
Dedication to truth is the responsibility of each practitioner.
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we put him in office. I wonder how many would do the same in her position. No one is immune to greed. This does not make it right, but we're the one paying the taxes, which are unconstitutional! If we had the courage to stand together and refuse the mongers maybe they could only vacation in Florida! I know I would not like to be the one locked up for not paying taxes, but I guess sometimes sacrifices are necessary for change to happen ~ thank you Mr. Snowden and all those like you for standing up to the system instead of just whining about it like the rest of us.
mind our own business and work to make our own communities better places for all we would all be happier. Snark Snark Snark--is immature and boring.