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Nevertheless he has been lavishing himself and his family with luxury since he moved into the WH. All during a horrible economy with high unemployment and govt budget cutting.
You didn't complain when Bush did similiar things with his ranch hypocrite.
Yes it is bad policy and I agree that it is. However, it seems only Obama ever gets criticism on it from the right while Boehner and the other righties get a pass with votes.
Yet, not more than what the congressmen get in perks. Why else would you spend millions of dollars for a job that pays far less than that.
Do you not know what the term sequester means? Do you not realize national parks have dirty toilets while Obama jets off on a multi million dollar safari?
I agree in these times our leaders, especially the president, should be setting an example and not living extravagantly.
Obama takes his family on a very expensive vacation as he shuts down white house tours and tries to make sequester hurt. :roll:
"President Obama’s trip this month to Africa, with the first family tagging along, is projected to cost taxpayers as much as $100 million, sparking criticism as the federal government scrimps along during sequester-related budget cuts.
Among the related costs will be fighter jets; hundreds of Secret Service agents; a Navy ship with a full trauma center; and military cargo planes to bring 56 vehicles including 14 limousines and three trucks loaded with sheets of bullet*proof glass to cover the windows of the hotels where the first family will stay. The details were reported by The Washington Post, based on a confidential planning document.
Read more: Costly Obama family trip to Africa under fire amid sequester cuts | Fox News
Yet again, I have no problem with criticizing the government in general on this. However, when the criticism is only applied to Obama and not past and present politicians it looks more like whining.
In this day and age with conferencing, there is no reason a politician needs to travel back and forth between congress and their hometown. Many meetings can be done with video conferencing. If you want to stop fraud, waste, and abuse it shouldnb't just be with the president but with ALL politicians.
How about all the perks that politicians in Congress use? Are you railing against all those or are you just passive and go after the president?
Nice deflection.
Holy sh*t dude, project much? You are the one deflecting.
Bulletproof glass to cover windows....if anyone wants to kill somone inside a stucture they don't use bullets. Maybe "da prez" is thinking about a typical day in Chicago with drive bys are a daily event. With Africa being his place of birth one would think they wold foot the bill for the trip.
I have it on good authority that the President and his family have their own personal White House chef. And rumor is, they live rent-free with government paid maids and servants. I've even heard tell they actually get driven around wherever they want to go.
Oh the scandal!!
How about all the perks that politicians in Congress use? Are you railing against all those or are you just passive and go after the president?
Have you ever watched those shows about presidential security abroad? It is insane what they do. I don't fault the person in office for it. I saw one where they were talking about how they reroute the sewage from the POTUS hotel room, capture it and bring it back to the US for processing and disposal because they are afraid that foreigners will take their poot and analyze it to determine the President's health and vulnerabilities/get his DNA after the Russians had been caught doing that once. It is a bit excessive.
You're fighting the good fight in this thread, but you have to understand the answer to your question here is the latter...it's just purely partisan hackery.Do you and the others on the right understand government budgets and that funds from one budget cannot simply be exchanged into other budgets? I'm just curious if it's ignorance on your part or just purely partisan hackery?
And with that criticism, I have no problem and happen to agree that the government is lousy in that regards. However, for some to act like this has happened with JUST THIS administration is a complete demonstration of ignorance or partisan hackery.
You're fighting the good fight in this thread, but you have to understand the answer to your question here is the latter...it's just purely partisan hackery.
Does that mean he's followed around by an agent with a Baggie when he's on the road?
He wasn't criticizing Bush, pay attention.Criticizing Bush righteous, though?
Do you and the others on the right
understand government budgets and that funds from one budget cannot simply be exchanged into other budgets? I'm just curious if it's ignorance on your part or just purely partisan hackery?
You're fighting the good fight in this thread,
but you have to understand the answer to your question here is the latter...it's just purely partisan hackery.
IOW, it's ok because Bush did it?
Don't blame us for your gullibility and your blind allegiance to a corrupt ideology.
The POINT IS, ( I thought this would have been obvious ) a trip like this in the face of a extended recession, when WH tours have been canceled looks bad.
It makes Obama look like the hypocrite liar he is.
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