Biden Spends $1 Million Annually for Weekend Trips

By Ronald Kessler

Washington, D.C. — Last June, President Obama appointed Vice President Joe Biden to root out wasteful government spending. But behind the scenes, it’s a different matter.

Every Friday, Biden takes a helicopter designated as Marine Two from the vice president’s residence to Joint Base Andrews in Maryland and then hops on Air Force Two to fly back to his home in Delaware.

At the end of the weekend, he returns on Air Force Two, usually a Boeing C-32.

During warm weather, Biden regularly returns to Andrews on the airplane on Saturdays to play golf at the Air Force base with President Obama. After the golf game, he flies back to Delaware and returns to Washington on the plane on Sunday evening — all at taxpayer expense.

The cost of flying Air Force Two is $22,000 an hour, so each half-hour trip to or from Delaware costs about $10,000. Each golf game costs taxpayers $20,000. At that rate, the annual cost to taxpayers of Biden’s weekend trips is well over $1 million.

In addition, the Secret Service rents more than 20 condominiums in the Wilmington, Del. area for agents who must accompany Biden when he returns to his home state.

Biden’s press office had no immediate comment.

SOMEBODY .... PLEASE EXPLAIN ...............

HOW, can an elected official, ANYWHERE, spend TAXPAYERS MONEY, to support a POLITICAL CANDIDATE.

The Governor of New York, cannot fly at taxpayers expense, to ANYWHERE, to support a candidate.

So, why then, can Obama spend over a million dollars, to fly from Washington, to Massachusetts, to support a candidate.

AND, what is even neater, I have heard NO ONE say anything about it.

Desperate times take desperate measures..................

HE is spending MILLIONS in an attempt to insure that HIS candidate gets elected, so that he can then spend TRILLIONS on Socialized Medicine for the US.

I would love for someone to explain this to me..................

Try it anywhere else ........ spend taxpayers money to promote a political agenda, all hell would break loose ................ I wonder if he sent out any correspondence on White House stationary ........... promoting candidates.......... HE probably did, feels he can do whatever he wants ....