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Cost of protecting the Obama's - GMDino - 05-26-2017 Since no one else would just google it. https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2017/02/22/trumps-family-trips-cost-taxpayers-nearly-as-much-in-a-month-as-obamas-cost-in-a-whole-year/#36e491d336e4 Quote:Trump's Family Trips Cost Taxpayers Nearly As Much In A Month As Obama's Cost In A Whole Year Now that is just travel. And that article is from February. Now security costs are harder to come by. This article: (which is saying the costs of protecting Melania for a year is more than the budget for the NEA is mostly false) does provide some number to go off of. http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2017/feb/08/social-media/does-melania-trumps-security-detail-cost-more-fede/ Quote:During the transition period, the city took on most of the cost of protecting the Trumps in New York. A spokesperson for New York mayor Bill de Blasio told us Donald, Melania and Barron Trump ran up a $37 million bill for security from Election Day to the inauguration Jan. 20. (De Blasio has requested the federal government [url=https://twitter.com/NYCMayor/status/805882998373711872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]reimburse his city for security costs, and Congress has doled about $7 million.) Some other numbers: http://www.businessinsider.com/cost-of-protecting-trump-secret-service-2017-2 Quote:The Post rounded up a handful of estimates of the costs of protecting the Trump family incurred by the US departments of defense and homeland security as well as local police agencies. But that of course includes when the President himself needs protection. (btw, President Trump still employees a private bodyguard. That's the guy he sent to give Comey the letter saying he was fired.) DJT has more (ex) wives and more children. So security is going to be more expensive for him too. Even without weekly jaunts to his private clubs to unwind for the rigors of the job he didn't know would be so hard. Lastly I wanted to share this story: http://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/tom-fitton/482320688-amount-obama-family-cost-taxpayers-2015-hawaii-vacation Quote:The costs of Obama’s luxury travel keep on adding up for overburdened taxpayers. We have obtained records from the U.S. Secret Service revealing that its travel expenses for the First Family’s 2015 Hawaiian vacation cost taxpayers $1.2 million, which bring the total cost of the vacation trip to at least $4.8 million. A search for stories about Trump's costs turned up an article that says "well we're still paying for the Obamas". http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/michael-w-chapman/judicial-watch-obama-travel-cost-taxpayers-nearly-100-million Quote:"For eight long years, the Obamas spent our tax dollars for a lavish jet-setting lifestyle," said Judiciail Watch President Tom Fitton. "Many in the media would only focus on President Trump's travel, but Barack Obama continues to cost taxpayers with his luxury travel and we aim to get the facts." And one article on Trump's actual costs (minus the words "luxury" "lavish" and "jet-setting") that still brought up Obama's. http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/michael-w-chapman/taxpayer-cost-trump-2-trips-mar-lago-1281420 Quote:For only two trips to Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, which President Donald Trump calls his "winter White House," the cost to fly him there on Air Force One totaled $1,281,420, according to the government watchdog group Judicial Watch. The trips occurred on Feb. 3-6 and on March 3-6. I suppose as time goes on we will get more FOIA information on the actual costs of protecting the Trumps. Also we will have to see when Melania moves into the WH how that will affect the total numbers. RE: Cost of protecting the Obama's - Dill - 05-30-2017 (05-26-2017, 04:47 PM)GMDino Wrote: Quote:"For eight long years, the Obamas spent our tax dollars for a lavish jet-setting lifestyle," said Judiciail Watch President Tom Fitton. "Many in the media would only focus on President Trump's travel, but Barack Obama continues to cost taxpayers with his luxury travel and we aim to get the facts." Number of vacation days and rounds of golf were also once firm evidence of Obama malfeasance. RE: Cost of protecting the Obama's - CageTheBengal - 05-30-2017 You know this thread will be over-looked. RE: Cost of protecting the Obama's - Dill - 05-30-2017 (05-30-2017, 11:34 AM)CageTheBengal Wrote: Perhaps. I am thankful for the reminder and the comparison, though. RE: Cost of protecting the Obama's - michaelsean - 05-30-2017 (05-30-2017, 11:34 AM)CageTheBengal Wrote: Or I never cared. RE: Cost of protecting the Obama's - Griever - 05-30-2017 (05-30-2017, 02:02 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Or I never cared. yeah why bother holding trump to the same standard obama was held to i guess it really was his skin color obama could have said the sky was blue, and we'd have people calling him a liar RE: Cost of protecting the Obama's - CageTheBengal - 05-30-2017 (05-30-2017, 02:02 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Or I never cared. Why wouldn't you? Isn't Trump supposed to be saving the country money? RE: Cost of protecting the Obama's - michaelsean - 05-30-2017 (05-30-2017, 02:48 PM)Griever Wrote: yeah why bother holding trump to the same standard obama was held to You missed an option on your way to the race card. I didn't care about either. RE: Cost of protecting the Obama's - Millhouse - 05-30-2017 Yeah not a fan of this, if those numbers are really that high. But another thing I dont like is the taxpayers flipping the bill for his wife & kid staying in NYC in the tower. I think if anything for good measure he should offer to pay quite a bit of that bill, otherwise enroll him in a local dc private school and they can stay in the WH together. RE: Cost of protecting the Obama's - Nately120 - 05-30-2017 Yeah, but this guy I know once told me he totally saw someone on welfare buying lobster with food stamps. Check mate. RE: Cost of protecting the Obama's - TheLeonardLeap - 05-30-2017 (05-30-2017, 02:02 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Or I never cared. (05-30-2017, 02:48 PM)Griever Wrote: yeah why bother holding trump to the same standard obama was held to How did you take a comment about him not caring about Obama or Trump's vacations/cost and turn it into him being racist? You really need to slow down on your outrage because you looked really bad here. I can guarantee you that you jumping to calling people racist is exactly the behavior that pushed quite a few people to vote for him, leading into this situation where we have a cartoon character for a President. RE: Cost of protecting the Obama's - BmorePat87 - 05-31-2017 I'm concerned about the cost for protecting his adult sons while they hop around the globe, furthering a business that their father has yet to prove he is uninvested from, especially since they active political strategists now too. RE: Cost of protecting the Obama's - NATI BENGALS - 06-01-2017 (05-30-2017, 04:55 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: How did you take a comment about him not caring about Obama or Trump's vacations/cost and turn it into him being racist? I never understood that argument. I disagree with your opinion. So I am voting for a clown to run the show.? Makes zero sense to me. And the same group voted for Trump because they were sick of the politically correct stuff. And now they get mad at comedians and celebrities for not being politically correct? RE: Cost of protecting the Obama's - ballsofsteel - 06-01-2017 Good morning. I'll tell you what else is BS. When sitting presidents, and both sides do this, fly around the country attending fund raisers to endorse candidates in their party running for office. RE: Cost of protecting the Obama's - Vas Deferens - 06-01-2017 Good morning BOS RE: Cost of protecting the Obama's - michaelsean - 06-01-2017 (06-01-2017, 07:17 AM)ballsofsteel Wrote: Good morning. I'll tell you what else is BS. When sitting presidents, and both sides do this, fly around the country attending fund raisers to endorse candidates in their party running for office. They usually work in some "official business" otherwise I guess the party has to pay some of it. Think of how much money we saved when nobody wanted to be seen with W. RE: Cost of protecting the Obama's - CageTheBengal - 06-01-2017 (06-01-2017, 07:17 AM)ballsofsteel Wrote: Good morning. I'll tell you what else is BS. When sitting presidents, and both sides do this, fly around the country attending fund raisers to endorse candidates in their party running for office. Or holding rallies after they won the election as if they are still running for President. That's for the good of the country though. Not to inflate Trumps brusied ego. RE: Cost of protecting the Obama's - GMDino - 06-01-2017 (06-01-2017, 11:11 AM)michaelsean Wrote: They usually work in some "official business" otherwise I guess the party has to pay some of it. Think of how much money we saved when nobody wanted to be seen with W. I've got a couple friends that always make sure we talk about business at dinner so they can turn the bill in on their expense report. |