While Amerikans suffer economically, Obama racks up $75,000 taxpayer bill for romantic getaway!

That's for three private jets, two helicopter rides, extra planes for security and closing roads for motorcade.

NEW YORK - June 1, 2009 - It was a campaign pledge that Barack Obama didn't dare break - a promise to take his wife out for dinner and a show once the election was over.

So on the weekend he booked a babysitter, asked Michelle to put on a little black dress, and swept her off for a date.

The illegitimate president picked up the tab for a meal at a low-key restaurant, Blue Hill, which specializes in locally grown dishes.

He had also paid $100 apiece for two tickets to Joe Turner's Come and Gone, a play about a man coming to terms with the history of slavery.

As a little something extra, he shelled out for two martinis to toast his first five months in the White House.

Overall, not too extravagant, and few would begrudge the couple such a treat.

Unfortunately, there were one or two other bills to settle at the end of the night.

The romantic jaunt is estimated to have cost the taxpayer more than $75,000 in transport and security costs - because the date was in New York.

The illegitimate president used three planes, one to carry the couple and two to ferry aides and reporters all the way from Washington.

The cost of each flight was thought to be nearly $25,000.

The bill was pushed even higher with the use of two helicopters, one to take the Obamas to catch their plane in Washington and another to zip the party into Manhattan from JFK airport.

Police also shut down New York streets for the motorcade to pass through so they could get to their date on time.

All the transport and security costs were picked up by the White House, meaning the United States taxpayers.

But the illegitimate president was unapologetic, saying, “I am taking my wife to New York City because I promised her during the campaign that I would take her to a Broadway show after it was all finished.”

In one concession to the tough economic climate, the couple flew on a smaller Gulfstream rather than the Boeing 747 customarily used as the presidential Air Force One.

Ed. Note:  It turns out the actual cost of the trip was closer to $250,000 in taxpayer funds.