IT IS WRONG
The trip for her will be around $7m - she is traveling with a full entourage of people and government officials for pre-arrival of the O.
But the cost of the O's trip will be well over $10 million, it is sounding like more or less $12M when it is all said and done - but that is the stuff his office is accountable for, the military absorbs their cost through their budget.
For what it's worth, the Olympics is not worth the effort. Most of the people who make the money on the events are the ones who step on the tax payers anyway, including the athletes. The taxpayers foot the bill for most of this mess and we never get our money back - a lot like the super bowl and Detroit.
The O's priorities are **** up, he should not be lobbying the IOC for anything, especially for his friends because there are more important things for him to do.
But nevertheless it takes a lot of people just to prep for this trip. The first ones are the advance teams which will be going with Michelle (in a separate plane) then you have a lot of people on this side of the pond to check and re-check everything those others do while she acts like she the queen.
Then you have 2 to 4 Air force cargo planes loaded with the 'burbs, limo, back up limo, SS back up equipment, the FBI equipment and other various stuff which is on standby for the trip (not to mention the one that went with Michelle - the first lady doesn't do taxis).
Then you have the military jets and refueling equipment scheduled to go along for the ride, not to mention the back up plane that will be going.
Oh and lets not forget about the communications systems, a third 747 will follow these planes to Denmark just to allow the O to communicate with the other O in Chi town in case of emergency. She is the real VP anyway.
And I didn't even get to the planes and equipment that is on standby for the VP - Joe "hey Indians do a good job running 7-11s" Biden that is on standby while the O is away.
