{"id":34847,"date":"2017-08-23T09:57:37","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T13:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=34847"},"modified":"2017-08-23T09:57:37","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T13:57:37","slug":"expensive-vacations-dont-ask-ill-tell-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=34847","title":{"rendered":"Expensive vacations? Don’t ask (I’ll tell you)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two little items today. First from 538 Significant Digits:<\/p>\n

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The King of Saudi Arabia vacationed in Morocco and the trip cost around $100 million. This is an immense figure, even in the context of a national economy: It\u2019ll end up being around 1.5 of the entire 2017 foreign tourism revenue for the nation of Morocco. [The New York Post<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n

Then this, which I picked up from Jennifer Granholm and a whole bunch of very<\/em> pissed off people on Twitter (oh, before you read it, scream, go on, get it out of your system now–because guess who’s paying the tab?):<\/p>\n

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Citizens for Ethics<\/em><\/a> Retweeted<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\"\" Citizens for Ethics<\/strong>\u200fVerified account<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>@CREWcrew<\/b><\/span><\/a> 17h<\/span>17 hours ago<\/span><\/a> <\/small><\/em><\/p>\n

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Following the cost to taxpayers of the Trump kids’ overseas trips? Add another $100k for car rentals in Italy. http:\/\/www.<\/span>dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-4<\/span>740690\/Tiffany-Trump-s-Roman-holiday-cost-taxpayers-100K.html#ixzz4qWJCrSd7<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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