 merrie says: The President picked up the tab for a meal at a low-key restaurant, Blue Hill, that specialises in locally grown dishes. He had also paid £60 apiece for two tickets to Joe Turner's Come And Gone, a play about a man coming to terms with the history of slavery. As a little extra, he shelled out for two martinis to toast his first five months in the White House. Overall, not too extravagant, and few would begrudge the hard-working couple such a treat. via politikditto.blogspot.com Unfortunately, there were one or two other bills to settle at the end of the night. The romantic jaunt is estimated to have cost the taxpayer more than £45,000 in transport and security costs - because the date was in New York. The President used three planes, one to carry the couple and two to ferry aides and reporters all the way from Washington. The cost of each flight was thought to be nearly £15,000. The bill was pushed even higher with the use of two helicopters, one to take the Obamas to catch their plane in Washington and another to zip the party into Manhattan fro... He paid from his own pocket for the dinner. $97. You think he should take a train instead?  Why not count the publicity for Broadway and New York on the whole? Among other benefits... BTW, traffic wasn't disrupted. Unlike his predecessor's visits. It is estimated that GW Bush spent over $17 million in taxpayer money on his 77 trips to Crawford, Texas. Just sayin'. |
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