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.
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.
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