{"id":2271,"date":"2011-12-23T10:43:34","date_gmt":"2011-12-23T18:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/?p=2271"},"modified":"2011-12-23T10:43:34","modified_gmt":"2011-12-23T18:43:34","slug":"obama-on-tax-cut-passage-jets-off-on-4-million-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/obama-on-tax-cut-passage-jets-off-on-4-million-vacation\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama On Tax Cut Passage,  Jets Off on $4 Million Vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"360\" height=\"213\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/2JzWE6FgePU?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2077625\/Michelle-Obama-insisted-4m-getaway-Hawaii-husband-wanted-local-holiday.html\">Is Michelle Obama&#8217;s spending &#8216;spiralling out of control&#8217;? First Lady &#8216;insisted on $4m trip to Hawaii when her husband wanted local vacation&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\nBy MARK DUELL, Daily Mail<br \/>\nMichelle Obama insisted on a pricey holiday to Hawaii when her husband would have rather gone to a presidential retreat, according to reports.<br \/>\nShe allegedly wanted the taxpayer-funded $4million trip when Barack Obama sought instead to make the short trip to Camp David in Maryland.<br \/>\nPolitical sources told the National Enquirer that the 47-year-old\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s spending is rocketing and she even went on a shopping spree before the Hawaii trip.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"obamas\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2011\/12\/22\/article-2077625-0F1BF9EB00000578-959_468x344.jpg?resize=468%2C344\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"344\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcThe President\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s advisers have told him that Michelle\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s spending has spiralled \u00e2\u20ac\u0153completely out of control\u00e2\u20ac\u009d,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 one source told the National Enquirer.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcBarack read his wife the riot act, but his words fell on deaf ears. Michelle said there was \u00e2\u20ac\u0153no way\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she was going to disappoint her daughters.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122<\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>More&#8230;<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2077240\/When-wifes-away--Obama-goes-Christmas-shopping-PetSmart-Best-Buy.html\">When the wife&#8217;s away&#8230; Obama goes Christmas shopping at PetSmart and Best Buy (with only dog Bo for company)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2077319\/Michelle-Obama-large-posterior-Rep-Jim-Sensenbrenner-thinks-First-Lady-doesnt-practice-preaches.html\">&#8216;Michelle Obama has a large posterior&#8217;: Congressman (with a fondness for Cheetos) launches extraordinary attack on First Lady in airport cell phone rant<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-2077721\/Was-Obama-dog-Bo-flown-Hawaii-holiday-Washington-photo-op.html\">Was Bo flown back from Hawaii to Washington for Obama photo op? Mystery over dog &#8216;spotted on holiday with First Family&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The First Family has already attracted criticism as their annual vacation in Hawaii this year is likely to be their most expensive ever.<\/p>\n<p>The President will travel separately from his family this time because he wanted resolve the payroll tax cut issue before leaving Washington D.C.<\/p>\n<p>He will fly Friday afternoon on his own Air Force One flight with Bo, after he was seen buying Christmas presents on Wednesday at PetSmart and Best Buy in Alexandria, Virginia.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Mrs Obama took Malia and Sasha to MA&#8217;O Organic Farms in Hawaii for pizza earlier this week where they were joined by healthy eating advisors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mr Obama himself was seen buying pizzas from the Del Ray Pizzeria back in Alexandria as he spends time at home without his family.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Obama took the children last weekend in a flight that cost an extra $100,000 &#8211; and her husband\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s round-trip journey will be $3,271,611.<\/p>\n<p>The bill for the trip went up last week when Mrs Obama decided to take Sasha and Malia herself while her husband tries to save the U.S. economy.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>His flight was estimated by the Hawaii Reporter as the largest expense of the holiday trip, which will cost more than $4million in total.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>But his family is covering the cost of a private beach front residence in Kailua, Oahu, which costs up to $3,500 a day, or $75,000 a month.<\/p>\n<p>It is not yet known exactly when President Obama will fly out to Hawaii, with the death of North Korea&#8217;s leader Kim Jong-Il likely delaying his trip further.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is Michelle Obama&#8217;s spending &#8216;spiralling out of control&#8217;? 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