December 3, 2011 10:20 PM
Obamas off for another vacay - 17 days in hawaii
Most of the time, we have to count on the British media to get it right about the Obama Regime and the cavalier attitude toward the Americans they were elected to serve.How many vacations did you get this year?
It must be nice being President... Obama to jet off to Hawaii for SEVENTEEN DAY Christmas vacation
Last updated at 10:14 PM on 3rd December 2011
While most Americans are lucky to get a few weeks of holiday every year, it seems the country's leader gets a little more freedom in the matter.
President Barack Obama has announced his Christmas vacation to Hawaii - for a staggering 17-day trip.
Obama, who visited the island just two weeks ago for an economic summit, will head to Honolulu on Saturday December 17 until Monday January 2.
Taking it easy: President Obama, pictured playing golf, has announced he will take off more than two weeks to visit Hawaii with his wife and daughters
The president, who was raised in Hawaii until he was six, will be joined by his wife Michelle and their daughters, Malia, 13, and Sasha, 10.
The White House travel office announced the president has no public events scheduled for the trip.
But the local and federal taxpayers help pay the bill for travel and security.
Last year the trip cost more than $1 million,according to the Hawaii Reporter.
Obama announced the trip during a campaign fundraiser on Oahu's Leeward Coast during his stay on the island last month.
THE HEFTY HOLIDAY BILL
Last year the Obama's Christmas trip to Hawaii cost more than $1 million.
He covered the cost of his family's accommodation, but the rest was covered by the taxpayers.
The bill to house Secret Service agents and Navy Seals in beach front accommodation stretched to $16,800.
A further hotel bill of $134,400 covered 24 White House staff staying in the Moana Hotel at a rate of $400 a day.
The estimate, by the Hawaii Reporter, also included $250,000 for local police overtime, $1 million for the president's own round trip flight to Hawaii on Air Force One, and $10,000 for a local ambulance to accompany the presidential motorcade.
'It is great to be home, great to feel that Aloha spirit,' he said.
'And Michelle and the girls will be back shortly for Christmas vacation, as we do every year. We'll see if Washington gets its business done, so I can get here as well. But that's always a challenge.'
It follows an 11-day stay in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, earlier this year, which is also believed to have cost the U.S. taxpayer millions.
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Comments
We took a quick trip to Lake Tahoe when my son had a long weekend from school; my husband and I each took a day off work. In my company, you would have to have worked at least ten years to earn the number of vacation days that the Obamas have spent these last 3 years.
Posted by: Mrs. Plum | December 3, 2011 11:16 PM
I still would like to know why in the world he NEEDS a vacation... he is the most indolent president ever!
Posted by: Kerri | December 4, 2011 8:16 PM
