Take anything President Obama says about fiscal responsibility with a grain of salt. He spends money like there’s no tomorrow. Just look at his failed pitch to bring the Olympics to Chicago.
While the nation was facing a large-scale crisis involving Iran’s nuclear ambitions, two wars abroad and a failing economy at home, the Obamas decided to take an extraordinary excursion to Copenhagen, Denmark, to visit the International Olympics Committee. Their goal was to persuade the committee to choose Chicago, the Obamas’ hometown, for the next Olympics games. …
After more than two years of stonewalling and obfuscating, Judicial Watch investigators finally got hold of records detailing costs associated with the two-week trip. According to these records, obtained from the Obama Department of Defense, expenses for the trip appear to have far exceeded $467,175. And this number doesn’t even cover the in-flight costs associated with the aircraft, two Boeing 747s and several Air Force cargo planes, which have not been made available. (Read More)
He’s got his priorities, you know.
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