Topic: Clinton to ride Air Force 1; Trump asks who pays
Sojourning_Soul's photo
Tue 07/05/16 08:36 AM

Clinton to ride Air Force 1; Trump asks who pays?

It's a question presidential candidates have asked of their incumbent rivals for years, and the answer is complicated.

The cost of flying Air Force One for political travel is divided between the federal government (using taxpayer dollars) and the candidate's political organization. Because Obama is traveling to Charlotte solely for the purpose of stumping for Clinton, her campaign (or the Democratic National Committee) would have to foot a portion of the bill whether the candidate was aboard or not.

The exact breakdown of how much the campaign will owe, however, isn't precisely known. In 2012, when Obama was running for re-election, his campaign reimbursed the government millions of dollars for Air Force One travel based on a pro-rated share of an equivalent-sized charter plane.

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/04/politics/obama-clinton-air-force-one-trump/index.html

No matter how they "estimate" the cost taxpayers are going to be forced to pay the lions share in support of a candidate they may not be voting for.

Like Oblowmecare, paying for coverage you can anatomically never use or benefit from!

Conrad_73's photo
Tue 07/05/16 08:39 AM
Guess Who!

Sojourning_Soul's photo
Thu 07/07/16 08:45 PM
Edited by Sojourning_Soul on Thu 07/07/16 08:47 PM

Who pays when President Obama is campaigner in chief

http://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/pays-president-obama-campaigner-chief-141007999.html

Wonder if Hitlery (and the DNC) realizes she or they are picking up the tab on this.... or will she and Oblowme try to find a way to bilk the taxpayers for it....

Hopefully we'll find out when they file their campaign expense report with the FEC in August.

But then we know how well Hitlery "complies" and keeps records

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Thu 07/07/16 09:13 PM

Guess Who!

drinker