Our tax dollars at work - Air Force One and a Poll
From
The Washington Examiner:
Obama's 2013 Air Force One bill $24 million --- $6.5 million for Africa alone
President Obama, already the most traveled chief executive in the modern era after internationalist former President George H.W. Bush, is expected to run up an Air Force One tab of at least $24 million this year alone, according to the National Taxpayers Union Foundation.
Already Obama, just back from a trip with his family and a huge entourage of staff to several African nations, has run up a $15.2 million bill just for Air Force One in the first six months of 2013. Security and hotel costs can dwarf the jet's cost. Some estimates of the president's Africa trip alone top $100 million.
All the while some of our Military are not getting hot meals and the Fourth of July fireworks display at US bases have been canceled -- because of Sequester.
Another story at
The Examiner has this little factoid:
Pew: Obama less 'honest,' more 'incompetent' than Bush
It's word bubble time at Pew Research Center, and that's not really good news for President Obama, especially when compared to the one word Americans used to describe former President George W. Bush as this time.
The word "incompetent" is a popular word for both, though Obama just edged Bush in those references, 27-26.
Another shared word is "honest." Here Bush won with 31 references, Obama just 18.
Posted by DaveH at July 3, 2013 8:26 AM