Thread: Obama's HS Immigration Speech Cost Taxpayers $520 Per Word

Obama's HS Immigration Speech Cost Taxpayers $520 Per Word

02/04/13

We have a president using taxpayer dollars to make partisan and divisive speeches all over the country. It costs us almost $7M per minute.

From Palin4America.com:

Just today, President Obama flew from Washington D.C. to Las Vegas to give a speech on immigration reform. Per the Weekly Standard, his trip cost taxpayers a $1.6 million or $182,000 per hour of flight on Air Force One. According to the transcript at the Chicago Sun Times, President Obama’s immigration speech was 3,079 words and applause instances, meaning that President Obama’s speech cost the taxpayers just under $520 per word and applause. Including the instances of applause is being generous to the President, as if those weren’t included, his speech would have cost taxpayers $527 per word.

The transcript also notes that President Obama’s speech lasted 25 minutes. Using 2012 spending levels as a reference, the federal government spent $170 million during the President’s speech, at a rate of roughly $6.8 million per minute.

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Sad part is not one word was worth anything.