Michelle Obama’s Spain vacation cost taxpayers nearly $470G, watchdog group claims
Want a free ride at taxpayer expense? It’s easy- just become a resentful what’s-yours-is-mine First Lady. You can arrange a Mediterranean vacation and claim to pay your own way but conveniently let the bill pass as the news cycle moves on to other things. A match made in heaven!
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“At the time of the Spanish getaway, the White House described the vacation as a private trip and said the first lady and others would be paying their own expenses.
“But while the first lady is not technically an elected official, any trip away from Washington comes with inevitable costs borne by the taxpayer — such as Secret Service protection. The same was true for previous first ladies.
“Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton invoked the recent scandal involving the General Services Administration’s costly conference in the Las Vegas area in chastising the president’s family for the trip.
“The American people can ill afford to keep sending the First Family on vacations around the globe,” he said in a written statement. “There needs to be greater sensitivity to the costs borne by taxpayers for these personal trips. It is hypocritical for President Obama to fire GSA officials for wasteful conference spending, while his family went on a luxury vacation in the Costa del Sol Spain that cost taxpayers nearly half a million dollars.”
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Plus, there were 78 pages of expenses have been withheld for security reasons.
“we’re real sorry ’bout the Spain trips lavishness – Meesh just likes to play international diva every now & then – Don’t need Nothin’ But A Good Time! – why should we resist??”