Submitted by: League of Power
Joe Biden's $500,000 Mexican Fiesta and Other Tales of Excess
On
Thursday, February 25 of 2016, Vice President Joe Biden attended the
annual U.S.-Mexico High-Level Economic Dialogue in Mexico City, a trade
summit designed to discuss issues between the two countries. In
attendance with Biden was a small group of government officials,
including Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell
and Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker. Along with this modest
delegation were a support staff and the usual coterie of Secret Service
and organizational personnel.
The lodging venue for the group was
the Intercontinental Presidente Hotel in the Polanco District of the
city, a 42-story luxury tower boasting suites with panoramic views of
the city, blackout shades, rain showers and televisions in most of the
bathrooms.
The hotel's
website highlights the proximity of luxury boutiques such as Cartier and
Chanel on the affluent Presidente Masaryk nearby. Seven restaurants,
including a French brasserie, an American steakhouse, a British tearoom,
a high-end Italian bistro, a modern Mexican canteen, an a la carte
buffet and a gin and tonic bar serve guests.
The hotel also
offers spa treatments, including scrubs, body wraps, massages, beauty
treatments, steam baths, foot reflexology, pedicures, manicures and
waxing. The group reserved a total of 260 hotel rooms and meeting
spaces, at a cost to taxpayers of $538,528.65, despite Vice President
Biden only spending one night in the venue.
Unfortunately, excess like this is all too common…
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