President Obama decided to lead by example and return 5 percent of his salary to show what has been termed "sequester solidarity." However, the president and the vice president have been living a fairly opulent lifestyle with vacations and professional indulgences that have quite a high price tag and are shouldered by the American tax payer. But, is that really any different than what past presidents have done?

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