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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Two things bother me about this.

1. Are the taxpayers paying for Obama to fly all over the place in airfare 1?
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The long-standing policy is that the President or the campaign pays the cost of first class air tickets for all non-government travel.  While the taxpayer still pays the bill for flying Air Force One around, any other way would just be unfair, because the President could not pay for one flight on Air Force One out of his own pocket, and it's not like he has any other way to travel.

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2. Us normal people only get 2 weeks vacation per year, are we paying the president's salary while he travels around and campaigns for Hillary or does he have to take leave without pay or is he using part of his 2 weeks vacation?
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The President has "vacations" but he works every day even on vacation.  He gets daily intelligence briefs, meets with staff on urgent matters and takes important phone calls no matter where he is.  And unlike most of us, he is on-call 24/7.  He runs an organization of 2 million people for tiny fraction of a corporate CEO salary.[/quote]

Weird post and weird response.[/quote]

Well either it's a good explanation, or George Bush's 533 vacation days means that he owes the American people 453 days of work for unapproved leave.  That's two full work years for anyone counting.  Then again, perhaps that explains why everything was cratering by the end of his presidency.[/quote]

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