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Outrageous Obama Spring Break Vacation

This story has been disappearing from the web — but if it is true that Obama’s daughter is vacationing in Mexico with 25 Secret Service agents on our taxpayer dollars, I very much resent this. As my husband and I work a combined 140+ hours a week to make ends meet, there are a lot of other places they could vacation which would require fewer taxpayer funded security employees. Out of curiosity, I crunched some travel numbers and here is a cost comparison example between vacationing in Mexico and vacationing here: Pricing out several hotels in various areas of Mexico and even in selecting the super saver and early booking discount, the rate for an all-inclusive, one room super saver for one adult and one child is — including an early booking bonus of saving 40% on a hotel they would likely reside for the duration of the trip, the [...]