What a distance we have traveled as a nation. When it was proposed that George Washington serve as King of the United States, the idea was vehemently rejected by Washington himself. Now, we are saddled with a president who operates with the pomp and arrogance that would make King George III look humble by comparison.
Last month, President Obama took the family on a fabulous taxpayer-funded vacation. While claiming to attend to business in Africa, the President took his wife, his children, his niece and his mother-in-law on a $100 million tour of Africa.
I travel extensively for business; I’ve never once taken my in-laws with me.
The president returned and went back to work systematically dismantling the things that have made this country great. However, after long days of insisting that the public’s outrage over his corrupt administration was the result of “phony scandals,” Obama has grown tired of the grind and has taken his family on another vacation at Martha’s Vineyard- his 15th vacation since taking office less than five years ago.
Though Obama has spent much of his time railing against the “1%,” claiming that they need to “pay their fair share,” the Obamas take, on average three vacations a year and force the American people to pay millions for the security requirements to facilitate the vacations.
To make matters worse, the president’s family is coming in stages, making sure that Americans pay for several flights and transportation arrangements.
To add even more insult to injury, the president’s dog, Bo, flew separately on one of two MV-22 Ospreys to Martha’s Vineyard.
As most Americans struggle to make ends meet, while millions of Americans dream of merely finding employment, much less a lavish vacation on Martha’s Vineyard, the president is having his dog flown in a military plane to his vacation.
While I cannot really begrudge a man a vacation per se, there is something to be said for moderation. How is it that this president can lecture Republicans on the dangers of a sequester cut that cut a measly 2.4% from expected spending growth and still feel justified in spending millions upon millions of the American peoples’ money on many vacations?
To top it all off, the Obama Administration has also announced that after the vacation, the president will go on a bus tour to “discuss another cornerstone of his vision for a better bargain for the middle class.”
Obama is the most tone-deaf president ever
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