Still no answer about Obama Africa trip

I have heard the word “transparency” used by our administration multiple times, but I don’t find it to be true.

I have been trying to find out how much the president’s family trip to Africa cost.

This would include the Secret Service, the planes involved, and the Obama entourage.

I have seen estimates from $50 to $80 million.

I contacted Bill Foster’s office, they don’t know.

I contacted Dick Durbin’s office, they don’t know.

I contacted the White House, they could not give me an answer.

I contacted the Department of Management and Budgeting, and they don’t know.

All of the above are supposed to represent me. They should be able to come up with a reasonable answer to a pretty straight question.

Let’s take the $50 million and divide it by $676 — that’s the cost of feeding one person for a year at a local food pantry. At that rate the $50 million would feed 73,964 people for a year.

Why can’t the press get an answer? Is our government getting so far from us that they don’t feel obliged to respond to us in a quick and honest answer?

Evidently not.

Charles Brown

Naperville