Letter: Costs of the president's vacations would buy a lot of school books

George Snyder, Port St. Lucie

Letter: Costs of the president’s vacations would buy a lot of school books

While I was watching TV Feb. 15, it was a beautiful site seeing the Boeing 747, Air Force One, take off. But on my television I could see dollar signs flowing from those massive engines.

That is on top of the already landed military cargo planes that brought the limos — the Secret Service cars — and the many agents who have to be housed and fed while the president plays golf. All at the expense of the American taxpayer. Just the fuel alone could purchase a lot of school books.

Before his departure, the president mentioned gun control and cutting the budget. Gun control and cutting the military seem to stand alone, as we do not have to fear foreign countries or terrorist groups attacking America. Why? Because the president and our elected politicians are accomplishing what no one since 1776 has been able to do — destroying America