Obama's Welfare State of Mind

A Representative, in this case the president, has an obligation to whomever he represents. Obama was elected president with the responsibility to represent We The People.

As our representative he should have our welfare as a primary objective but does he?

"Obama's Welfare State of Mind" does not refer to the welfare state he has created in our country rather it refers to his spending, on himself and his family . The welfare state of mind, I think, is when a person spends unnecessarily using money they did not earn. In Obama's case the money is taxpayer's money and he wastes it at a time when many people  are struggling to get by. While people are losing their homes, have lost their jobs and can barely put food on the table.

I know many of you were raised as I was, to believe that you earned what you wanted or needed or you did without. Welfare was something that was not even considered. I still believe that.

To get the records of Obama's travel spending Judicial Watch had to file a lawsuit which they did in 2013. This is the "most transparent administration in history...says he.

While our economy just crawls along, high  unemployment, (if the true figures were reported it would be in the 12% range).our country suffering as it has not suffered in many years and with no serious chance of improvement in sight his spending goes on unabated.  With the middle east in flames and with the terrorist threat increasing, with scandals so numerous it becomes difficult to even list them all, and with our border totally unsecured the Obama's, like Welfare Queens live high on the hog at taxpayer expense.

In 2013 just their air travel costs, paid for by the US taxpayer,  was $7.4 million for only 3 trips. Their Christmas vacation took them  to Hawaii. Obama decided he needed to fly back to Washington for a budget deal, then back to Hawaii and then the family flew home. In August Obama flew to California where he met with  DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg for a fundraiser then appeared on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. later in August the family flew to Martha's Vineyard for their summer vacation.

Even though Obama promised transparency a lawsuit was necessary to obtain the information. 

In addition,  the Secret Service entourage accompanying President Obama and his family during their trip to sub-Saharan Africa from June 27 to July 3, 2013, incurred $2,189,727.60 in lodging, entertainment, and security expenses alone. The cost for the Obama family for their air travel for this trip was $8,104,224. 

This trip was during the time when the government was shut down due to the sequester, remember when they closed the White House for tours. Little school children whose families had planned their summer vacations around this tour were turned away. They also closed the Veterans Memorial and shut out elderly Veterans some of whom had been flown to Washington on special flights for this special event to see the memorials.

It would seem that Obama's  special summer events were much more important than the US citizens planned events. In fact he spent their money on himself and his family and put his lavish lifestyle in first place in front of all else. His welfare, and living on money earned by someone else is certainly welfare, is uppermost in his mind.

And then there is the cost of Obama's golf outings. As of March of this year (2014) he had played a total of 163 rounds of golf. He played 27 times in 2009, 31 times in 2010, 34 times in 2011 but only 19 times in 2012 (an election year) In 2013 he upped his games to 46.  

Some costs for this year's golf outings are:  February 2014 Palm Springs, California and March 2014 Key Largo, Florida golf outings cost the taxpayers $2,952,278 for flight expenses alone.

In a March spring break trip to Key Largo Fl. the family stayed at a resort, The Ocean Reef Club. where member must have a minimum $35 million net worth to join.  This was just after  Obama’s State of the Union Address in which he focused on income inequality.

According to FOIA requests the Obama's and the Biden's have spent $40 million on travel since 2009. 

Michele rang up the single largest expense for accomodations in Dublin Ireland during the 2013 G-8 conference. The first lady and her entourage booked 30 rooms at the Shelbourne Hotel. Her ladyship's suite, a 1500 square foot extravaganza, cost us $3500 a night. Our bill (as taxpayers) for this trip was  $7,921,638.66.

Obama's job as president includes many perks that the ordinary citizen can only dream of. To list them all would be impossible but if the people we elect cannot control themselves and remember that they are working for the American citizens then spending regulations need to be put in place. If they don't realize  that they have an obligation to be ever mindful of the fact that every penny spent on themselves takes a penny away from things that could benefit the country then we, as taxpayers, are lax if we don't demand limits. 
Presidents have always had a free rein on travel expense and I have not done the research to determine how out of line this president may or may not be, that is not the point. The point is the law should impose caps on White House expense, not just travel but entertaining as well (beyond what is required for foreign dignitaries and things that benefit the country) 

As Americans to be good citizens we have an obligation to be aware of what is happening in our government from local to Federal. When we don't we allow ourselves to be taken advantage of and our way of life to be threatened.

I hope you will share this so that as many people as possible can see the truth.

What Every American Must Know

Wake up America…if it not too late!

(I received this as an e-mail, don't know who to credit)

REFLECTING

This is all factually and historically correct - and verifiable.
if you even go back further...in 732 AD the muslim Army which was moving on Paris was defeated and turned back at Tours, France, by Charles Martell.

In 1571 AD the muslim Army/ Navy was defeated by the Italians and Austrians as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to attack southern Europe in the Battle of Lapanto.

In 1683 AD the Turkish muslim Army, attacking Eastern Europe, was finally defeated in the Battle of Vienna by German and Polish Christian Armies.

This crap has been going on for 1,400 years and half of these #$% politicians don't even know it!  If these battles had not been won we might be speaking Arabic and Christianity could be non - existent;

Judaism certainly would be. And let us not forget that Hitler was an admirer of islam and that the mufti of Jerusalem was Hitler's guest in Berlin and raised Bosnian muslim SS Divisions: the 13th and 21st Waffen SS Divisions who killed Jews, Russians, Gypsies, and any other "subhumans".

Reflecting
A lot of Americans have become so insulated from reality that they imagine that America can suffer defeat without any inconvenience to themselves.

Pause a moment, reflect back. These events are actual events from history.

They really happened!
Do you remember?

1. In 1968, Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed by a muslim male.

2. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped and massacred by muslim males.

3. In 1972 a Pan Am 747 was hijacked and eventually diverted to Cairo where a fuse was lit on final approach, it was blown up shortly after landing by muslim males.

4. In 1973 a Pan Am 707 was destroyed in Rome, with 33 people killed, when it was attacked with grenades by muslim males.

5. In 1979, the US embassy in Iran was taken over by muslim males.

6. During the 1980's a number of Americans were kidnapped in Lebanon by muslim males.
7. In 1983, the US Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by muslim males.

8. In 1985, the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a 70 year old American passenger was murdered and thrown overboard in his wheelchair by muslim males.
9. In 1985, TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens , and a US Navy diver trying to rescue passengers was murdered by muslim males.

10. In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by muslim males.

11. In 1993 , the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by muslim males.

12. In 1998, the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by muslim males.
13. On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked; two were used as missiles to take down the World Trade Centers and of the remaining two, one crashed into the US Pentagon and the other was diverted and crashed by the passengers. Thousands of people were killed by muslim males.

14. In 2002, the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against muslim males.

15. In 2002, reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and beheaded by---you guessed it was a--- muslim male.
16. In 2012, the US Consulate in Benghazi was attacked and 4 Americans (including the US ambassador to Libya) were killed by muslim males.

17. In 2013, Boston Marathon Bombing 4 Innocent people including a child killed, 264 injured by muslim males.      

Don’t 4get the bombing of a US ship, The Cole!

No, I really don't see a pattern here to justify profiling, do you?

So, to ensure we Americans never offend anyone, particularly fanatics intent on killing us, airport security screeners will no longer be allowed to profile certain people. So, ask yourself "Just how stupid are we?"

Absolutely No Profiling!

They must conduct random searches of 80-year-old women, little kids, airline pilots with proper identification, secret agents who are members of the President's security detail, 85-year old, Congressmen with metal hips, and Medal of Honor winner and former Governor Joe Foss, but leave muslim males alone lest they be guilty of profiling. Ask yourself again "Just how stupid are we?"

Have the American people completely lost their minds, or just their power of reason?

Let's send this to as many people as we can so that the Gloria Aldreds and other stupid attorneys along with Federal Justices who want to thwart common sense, feel ashamed of themselves -- if they have any such sense.

As the writer of the award winning story 'Forrest Gump' so aptly put it, 'Stupid Is As Stupid Does'.

Each opportunity that you have to send this to a friend or media outlet.

Do It! OR SIT BACK, JUST KEEP GRIPING, AND DO NOTHING.

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Pray for our Country

Have a Good Day

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