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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe price tag for Pence's trip to Indianapolis
(CNN)How much did Vice President Mike Pence's trip to Indianapolis to watch -- and then abruptly leave -- a football game Sunday between the Indianapolis Colts and San Francisco 49ers cost?
Here is an estimate of just the air costs (which does not include costs of advance personnel, Secret Service or support on the ground):
According to the Air Force, flying a C-32, the model of plane used for Air Force 2, for one hour costs about $30,000. Pence's flight from Las Vegas to Indianapolis Saturday took about three hours and 20 minutes, so it cost about $100,000
Pence then flew from Indianapolis to Los Angeles on Sunday, which took about four hours and 45 minutes, costing about $142,500.
The grand total: about $242,500.
Here is an estimate of just the air costs (which does not include costs of advance personnel, Secret Service or support on the ground):
According to the Air Force, flying a C-32, the model of plane used for Air Force 2, for one hour costs about $30,000. Pence's flight from Las Vegas to Indianapolis Saturday took about three hours and 20 minutes, so it cost about $100,000
Pence then flew from Indianapolis to Los Angeles on Sunday, which took about four hours and 45 minutes, costing about $142,500.
The grand total: about $242,500.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/08/politics/pence-indianapolis-flights-cost/index.html
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The price tag for Pence's trip to Indianapolis (Original Post)
spanone
Oct 2017
OP
Botany
(70,504 posts)1. All for kabuki theater .....
dalton99a
(81,486 posts)2. Wasting your hard-earned money for shit and giggles
Typical fiscal conservatives
HAB911
(8,891 posts)3. Dear @VP: If rumors are true,
I don't need to teach you about homosexuality, but I do need to teach you about patriotism. You're welcome!
Link to tweet
Gothmog
(145,231 posts)4. This was not a cheap political stunt-it cost the taxpayers are great deal
spanone
(135,831 posts)5. 'fiscal conservatives'