Monday, April 15, 2013

Biden adds $459,388.65 insult to trillion dollar injury

It was certainly painful enough during these Apocalyptic Sequester Times to learn a few weeks back that VP Joe Biden's one night stay in Paris in early February cost the taxpayers $459,388.65.  That's just the room charges.  It doesn't include the cost of travel and "incidentals."  One can only imagine!
More recently we learned through the good investigative journalism of Keith Koffler that Biden has routinely been taking Air Force Two home to Wilmington, Delaware on weekends; a distance of just 100 miles.  When Biden was in the Senate, he typically took Amtrak, but no more.  Koffler calculates just the operating cost would amount to $13,200 per trip. 

Read more: http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/bobbeauprez/2013/04/14/biden-adds-45938865-insult-to-trillion-dollar-injury-n1567172?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl

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