Originally Posted by Guest

I've never been a fan of President Obama or his policies or ideas for this country, but this complaint is a bit unfair.
It has cost huge amounts of money for every president in the past 50 years to go on vacations.

I takes so much to move a president from one place to another.

For example are you aware that there are two Air Force Ones? For security reasons, there are two identical planes. Every time the president flies they both take off and and fly to the destination so that the odds of his being shot down are cut in half. The same for the presidential limousine.

There are also several cars of security personnel and others that form a motorcade. There are often other airplanes that carry the limo and other equipment when he travels.

In addition, there are probably hundreds of personnel that travel with the president.

This is not a situation that is unique to President Obama. It happens with all presidents. And the cost has been more for each successive president as the cost of living has increased and the cost of new technology has been added.

IMHO there is plenty of things to complain about with this administration, but vacations and travel cost are not one of them.