Barack Obama has been savaged1 by a top spending campaigner for taking the First Family on an eighth consecutive2 Christmas vacation to Hawaii, at huge expense to the American taxpayer3.
至今年为止，美国总统奥巴马一家已连续第八次到夏威夷过圣诞，此举遭到一位著名监督政府开支的活动人士的猛烈抨击，称第一家庭浪费了纳税人的大量钱财。
The President was accused of treating Air Force One, which costs $206,000/hour to run, 'like an Uber ride'.
Fly-time alone will set
taxpayers4 back somewhere in the region of $3.5million as Obama, the First Lady, Sasha and Malia and their two dogs jet off for around two weeks.
Tom Fitton, the head of the
Judicial5 Watch pressure group, said Obama's holiday habit proves that he is out of touch - and has to stop.
He told AL.com: 'The Obamas' travel is out of control. They are treating the Air Force One like an Uber ride.
'And President Obama seems
oblivious6 to the burden he is placing on Americans with his continuous vacations, getaways, and political junkets at taxpayer expense.'
During the trips, the Obamas are accompanied by a substantial Secret Service detail, who costs thousands of dollars a day to accommodate in the
idyllic7 vacation spot.
Local police also work
overtime8 and an ambulance trails the Presidential party at all times in case of disaster - all of which will push the total further into the millions.
Exact figures for the trip - outside of Air Force One - are hard to obtain. According to a Watchdog.com report on the 2014 trip, there is also an Air Force
cargo9 plane to bring Obama's helicopter and limo, which costs more than $150,000 to get to Hawaii and back.
The Honolulu Police Department also spends in the region of $275,000 a year in overtime for its officers, while the ambulance from the local Emergency Management Services costs $15,890 to keep on call.
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