According to new records just obtained by Judicial Watch, the U.S. Department of the Air Force spent over $4 million on President Barack Obama’s February and March 2015 travel to golf outings and Democratic fundraisers. The total, $4,436,245.50, comes exclusively on the taxpayer dime.
At the cost of over $206,000 per hour for Presidential air travel, during these two months President Obama spent nearly $2 million for two golf trips to California and Florida, as well as two luxurious fundraising trips that cost over $2 million to Los Angeles and Chicago.
In California, Obama used taxpayer money for a couple rounds of golf at the prestigious Sunnylands Country Club, and decided to spend the weekend relaxing and soaking up the sunny weather on the exclusive resort, a favorite place of Obama’s where he has stayed numerous times before.
Obama’s trip to Chicago in February was intended to help his Democratic crony, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, get a “re-election boost”,
“I’m glad he’s my mayor, and I’m glad he’s going to be my mayor for another four years,” Obama told volunteers during his stop off at Emanuel’s campaign headquarters.
Obama’s travel to Los Angeles in March used millions in taxpayer money so he could raise money for the Democratic National Committee. Obama took time to stop by ABC’s late night show “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” and swung by the mansion of buddy and ICM Partners co-founder Chris Silbermann for a chat… where other invited guests were hit up for $33,400 per couple to be allowed to attend. All of the funds raised will be used to aid Democrats during the approaching 2016 election cycle.
Obama then took time to head down to Florida to play golf at the spectacular Floridian National Golf Club, which requires their members to cough up a $50,000 initiation fee and over $15,000 in annual dues.
A true handicapped golfer…..One day he’ll probably find that elusive hole in one.
I wonder how deep it will be.
He has already found a black hole, depth I have no idea. HA HA
I’m a golfer Myself and pay $20 to $30 with a cart for 18 holes. At age 83 i might have to quit the game because Obama
used up My social security money along with millions of other seniors increase to pay for his golf trip.
Hey u voted for this A hole
THATS NOTHING WHAT ABOUT HIS WIFE AND KID’S AND THERE FRIENDS WENT ON VACATION TO PARIS ON OUR DIME (AIRFORCE ONE)
We should have a new law, come to think of it two new laws. One a President cannot use government sources for raising funds for democratic (or republican) campaigns. The party receiving the donations should have to pay the expenses. Also, it is fine if he wants to play golf, but he should pay to play like every other citizen. Also, because of what this president (all lower case is meant because he doesn’t deserve the title) has done with going on very exclusive and costly vacations at the drop of the bucket, there should have to be a budget for vacations for the president that he has to adhere too. If we go on vacation, we have to pay to go but not him. On his salary, there is no way on God’s green earth that he could pay for those frequent vacations. Also, the First Lady should not be able to go on her own and fly all over the world on our dime period. She was not elected and therefore if she is only entitled to go with her husband where he flies to, nowhere else unless she pays. I am so sick and tired of all of this crap especially since I never voted for him even once because I knew what was going to happen. Look at Detroit, look at the African countries. Those African countries should have been as rich as the USA with all of their valuable resources but because of corruption and religion, they are starving to death.
It’s what the people want. Just give them video games, ESPN, the Simpsons and the Kartrashians. They don’t care about anything else. With an evil, complicit media the cancer continues to grow.
This is why so many people are anxious to be President, it is a virtual gold mine in perks, while there is no increase in social security this year because they say prices have not gone up.
All the politicians should be prosecuted for racketeering!.
Given the times we live in where there are no jobs due to outsourcing and the USA economy is in the Tank, to spend this amount of Money on Golf Outings is disgusting to say the least. Political people have ZERO conception of Money and the tax Payer. This money should be paid out of his private money and not at tax payer expense.
Why, as American citizens, don’t we send our elected president a bill for his golf outings and one for his wife for her vacations.
We are not sure that he is an american citizen anyway.
Signed, A disgusted AMERICAN CITIZEN
I asked a Democrat what she thought of the president flying from Washington to SanDiego to play a few rounds of golf and then beck home and she said “the Democratic Party probably paid for that”
I’m sure at several of these stops President Obama attacked the greedy Republicans for wanting to starve poor people or take away their health insurance. This president has no problem living large off the taxpayers. The sad part is many of the taxpayers work hard every day and have a lower standard of living now than they did before Obama became president.
The recent trips and golf, he came to Ca. at least 15 times to raise money for the democrats, spending millions, unfortunity he is the president , and dosen’t care he is useing Republican money as well.I knew thats what he do when he was elected.
Hey, it’s only money. You can pay more taxes to recoup the losses!
Obama, ” Pay more taxes so I can spend them like a drunk sailor on me and Meechy, and the two upcoming leftists darlings.”
I’m on Social Security. We don’t get a raise for 2016(or so we’re being told) and several golf outings cost taxpayers >4 million $!!! That’s a shame. News like that breaks my heart. What’s next?