RE:Didn't Fox "News" have it pegged at $200 million a DAY?
That was from an Indian paper actually. Just to operate Air Force One at $200K an hour Obama has burned $10 million for the last two trips. This doesn't include the 77 other aircraft and 3,000 person contingent. He has probably spent several hundred $million so far on travel and that is why he continues to be the biggest piece of shit ever.
Here was a conservative estimate prior to the real costs of Air Force One coming out.
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The costs of the trips -- borne by taxpayers -- are difficult to measure, but they're expensive. When he uses the familiar blue-and-white reconfigured 747 as Air Force One, it costs $100,219 an hour to operate, according to the Air Force. And that's just HIS plane.
There also are cargo planes, used to fly in armored limousines, helicopters, staff and other equipment, as well as the Secret Service. A single Air Force C-17 cargo jet, for example, costs $6,960 an hour, according to the Congressional Research Service.
A total of 77 other aircraft were used on one multi-country trip to Asia by former President Bill Clinton in 2000, according to the Air Force Times, including 14 C-17 Globemasters, 12 C-5 Galaxys, three C-141 Starlifters and two C-130 Hercules. ABC News at the time estimated the cost of that trip at $50 million.
The totals also don't count the costs of first lady Michelle Obama's trips when she flies abroad.
The White House wouldn't comment on costs.
Benefits also are hard to gauge.
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