How much did President Bush’s photo-op on the USS Lincoln cost the US taxpayers? Incidentally, the USS Lincoln arrived in port in San Diego less than 24 hours after his nationally televised speech. Wouldn’t it have been cheaper to have his speech today?
Why has it taken the Democrats nearly a week to question the costs affiliated with President Bush's trip to the USS Lincoln? I posted about...
Brad Delong summarizes a Paul Krugman article on last year's Presidential State of the Union Speech. Remember Last Year? Paul Krugman reminds us of the things George...
Direct from the White House's Office of Management and Budget about the FY2004 Budget. THE REAL FISCAL DANGER As noted frequently in this document, the federal government...
May 7th, 2006 at 8:37 pm
[...] Why has it taken the Democrats nearly a week to question the costs affiliated with President Bush’s trip to the USS Lincoln? I posted about it last week at Presidential Finances! It is now estimated that President Bush’s trip to the USS Lincoln (a ship that was 30 miles offshore and docked the next day in San Diego) cost the taxpayers nearly $1 million dollars to pay for “an extra day of air patrols, keeping the crew at sea, presidential security and flying Bush to the ship.” [...]