Back to Politics When Bush was President righties weren't complaining about Bushs 1.6 million dollar trips to his Ranch http://www.politicususa.com/gop-owes-taxpayers-124-million-bush-vacation-travel.html Number of George W. Bush flights for vacation in Crawford, TX: 77 Cost of running Air Force One: $179,000/hour Flight time one way from the White House to Crawford: 4.5 hours Cost of one way flight: $805,500 Roundtrip cost: $1,611,000 Pay Us Back: Boehner and GOP Owe Taxpayers $124 Million for Bush Vacation Travel President George W. Bush spent over 124 million taxpayer dollars on trips to his ranch in Crawford, TX, and using John Boehnerâs logic we demand that the GOP pay us back. While trying to distract America from the fact that his own caucus passed a budget that would double the interest rate on student loans, Speaker of the House John Boehner is whipping up the faux outrage over the cost of President Obamaâs travel this week. Today, Boehner said, âThis week, the President traveled across the country on taxpayersâ dime, at a cost of $179,000 an hour, insisting that Congress fix a problem that we were already working on. Frankly, I think this is beneath the dignity of the White House.â Not surprisingly, John Boehner was totally silent when President George W. Bush was setting the presidential record for most vacation days. Bush was not only on vacation more than any other president. He spent more money on non-official travel than any other president in American history. As president, George W. Bush used Air Force One to fly to his ranch in Crawford, TX for vacation. Boehnerâs comments about the cost of Obamaâs travel got us thinking about how much money the Republican Party owes taxpayers for George W. Bushâs non-official vacation travels. Using a method that we have cleverly coined Boehner Math, this is what we came up with. Number of George W. Bush flights for vacation in Crawford, TX: 77 Cost of running Air Force One: $179,000/hour Flight time one way from the White House to Crawford: 4.5 hours Cost of one way flight: $805,500 Roundtrip cost: $1,611,000 Total cost to taxpayers of Bushâs vacation trips to the ranch: $124,047,000 Unlike President Bush who used Air Force One as personal vacation and campaign jet, President Obamaâs events were held to discuss the public policy issue of the impending increase in the student loan interest rate. Bush spent over $124 million of our tax dollars flying to Crawford to clear brush, and while he was doing this Republicans like John Boehner never demanded that he pay back the cost of his travel to the taxpayers. Boehner and the Republican Party just donât get it. This is a non-issue, and if they really want people to look into the cost of presidential travel, they arenât going to like the results. They are not going to be able to paint Obama as a presidential globetrotter whose largesse is coming on the taxpayer dime. Instead of creating a distraction issue, Boehner and the Republican Party attack on President Obama has alerted the American people to the fact that they owe us a whole lot of money. And we would like to be paid. George W. Bush and the Republican Party owe taxpayers over $124 million, so until Boehner and Bush pay us back, the Speaker needs to keep his hypocrisy infected mouth closed.
But...but....I thought you never strayed from politics. Mr voted number 1 troll of P&R aka self appointed Barney Fife of P&R. I've been complaining about wasteful government spending since long before you could vote kid.
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