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Originally Posted by roderickpsu
I think it is definitely a waste of money. Why do you need six to get one person around? Do all of his secret service men and aides need the same level of protection that he gets? I AM SICK OF THIS CRAP!
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Oh calm down. With all the things Bush is doing that are patently wrong, this should be low on your priority list. First off, Bush isn't building them. They're not going to be his, they're going to be presidential helicopters. Many more will use them. The ones we have now were in use during the Nixon administration. I'd say it's about time to replace them wouldn't you?
He needs six because you need backups, you need choppers to get others around (vice president, etc), and because it just makes sense. If you do all your flying in 1 helicopter it wears out much faster, it's harder to schedule maintenance (sorry Mr. President, you can't go to the summit meeting today, your helicopter's in for an oil change).
We're talking about 260 mil a helicopter. It's $120 million for a Boeing 7e7, and that's stripped down, no seats, no communications sets like presidential aircraft have to have, and no defense systems. I say the price isn't bad at all.