While the Navy has cancelled the Blue Angels air show team and the White House has cancelled tours due to Sequestration, Obama and Biden have gone on luxury trips at tax payer expense. Isn't that just rosy! Talk about tin eared politicians! Or is it that they don't get it that others are suffering?
One would think that a President and Vice President who was residing over the largest increase in debt in US history and who promoted massive military cuts as well as other slashes in the budget, would be a bit circumspect when it related to leaving their Washington addresses. Not this group! Obama flies down to play golf with Tiger Woods, all at our expense. The VP who goes to London and Paris for two nights and spends $1 million on hotel rooms alone. This does not count the cost of the planes and other extraordinary expenses incurred when the VP goes abroad.
Maybe these guys should study a bit of history and see what happens when the people finally get disgusted with their "leaders" outrageously spending money. Take a look at France and see what happened to Marie Antoinette (She kinda lost her head!!) And then there is Argentina and the story of Eva and Juan Peron.
When President Harry Truman and his wife, Bess, left the White House, they drove themselves in their own car back to Missouri where they lived out their times in their own house. There was no Secret Service detail following their every step. He had a small pension and that is what they lived on. The year was 1952. How things have changed.
Life on top is usually lavish but it requires those occupying these offices to be cognizant of the governed. Truman understood the little guy. Today we have a President who spends like a king who despises the little guy (he says he does but all of decisions contradict it) and makes decisions that benefit his benefactors and no one else. Truman never would have spent like the Dictator and his wife.
When there is no concern for those who are paying the bills, rebellion ALWAYS follows. History tells us this. Are we getting there in the US? We think everyday brings us closer.
Conservative Tom
One would think that a President and Vice President who was residing over the largest increase in debt in US history and who promoted massive military cuts as well as other slashes in the budget, would be a bit circumspect when it related to leaving their Washington addresses. Not this group! Obama flies down to play golf with Tiger Woods, all at our expense. The VP who goes to London and Paris for two nights and spends $1 million on hotel rooms alone. This does not count the cost of the planes and other extraordinary expenses incurred when the VP goes abroad.
Maybe these guys should study a bit of history and see what happens when the people finally get disgusted with their "leaders" outrageously spending money. Take a look at France and see what happened to Marie Antoinette (She kinda lost her head!!) And then there is Argentina and the story of Eva and Juan Peron.
When President Harry Truman and his wife, Bess, left the White House, they drove themselves in their own car back to Missouri where they lived out their times in their own house. There was no Secret Service detail following their every step. He had a small pension and that is what they lived on. The year was 1952. How things have changed.
Life on top is usually lavish but it requires those occupying these offices to be cognizant of the governed. Truman understood the little guy. Today we have a President who spends like a king who despises the little guy (he says he does but all of decisions contradict it) and makes decisions that benefit his benefactors and no one else. Truman never would have spent like the Dictator and his wife.
When there is no concern for those who are paying the bills, rebellion ALWAYS follows. History tells us this. Are we getting there in the US? We think everyday brings us closer.
Conservative Tom
Biden Stays at London, Paris Hotels; Two Nights, $1 Million
Friday, 22 Mar 2013 06:51 PM
By Todd Beamon
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Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill in Paris last month. (AP)
Vice President Joe Biden’s one-day trips to Paris and London in February cost American taxpayers more than $1 million, according to multiple reports.
Biden and his security detail rung up a $585,000.50 tab for a single night on Feb. 4 at the Hotel Intercontinental Paris Le Grand, a luxurious five-star hotel near the Louvre Museum, The Weekly Standard reports.
Meanwhile, The Daily Mail in London reports that Biden’s group spent $459,388.65 for one night on Feb. 5 at the Hyatt Regency in London, where the vice president met with Prime Minister David Cameron.
The contract for the London trip specified that Biden’s crew required 136 hotel rooms for that one-night stay, The Daily Mail reports.
Biden’s wife, Dr. Jill Biden, accompanied him to Paris on his European trip, which also included a stop in Germany.
The Mail reports that Biden’s entourage required more than 100 rooms at Le Grand. One night in the presidential suite there costs more than $3,800.
Here’s how the Intercontinental Paris Le Grand is described on its website:
“With floodlit views of the Opera House, this superbly renovated luxury hotel is at the heart of Parisian society. Opened in 1862, it defines historical grandeur, from Café de la Paix to La Verriere Restaurant, set in an 800 square metre winter garden. Elegantly appointed, the hotel’s boutique-style suites overlook stunning landmarks. Located … close to the Louvre Museum, shopping, theatre and banking districts, this luxury Paris hotel is an icon in the City of Light.”
Reaction was swift to Biden’s lavish spending.
“Still no WH tours, but VP Biden’s recent trip to Europe racked up $1mil in hotel room bills,” said U.S. Rep. Randy Neugebauer, R-Texas, among dozens to vent outrage on Twitter.
Biden and his security detail rung up a $585,000.50 tab for a single night on Feb. 4 at the Hotel Intercontinental Paris Le Grand, a luxurious five-star hotel near the Louvre Museum, The Weekly Standard reports.
Meanwhile, The Daily Mail in London reports that Biden’s group spent $459,388.65 for one night on Feb. 5 at the Hyatt Regency in London, where the vice president met with Prime Minister David Cameron.
The contract for the London trip specified that Biden’s crew required 136 hotel rooms for that one-night stay, The Daily Mail reports.
Biden’s wife, Dr. Jill Biden, accompanied him to Paris on his European trip, which also included a stop in Germany.
The Mail reports that Biden’s entourage required more than 100 rooms at Le Grand. One night in the presidential suite there costs more than $3,800.
Here’s how the Intercontinental Paris Le Grand is described on its website:
“With floodlit views of the Opera House, this superbly renovated luxury hotel is at the heart of Parisian society. Opened in 1862, it defines historical grandeur, from Café de la Paix to La Verriere Restaurant, set in an 800 square metre winter garden. Elegantly appointed, the hotel’s boutique-style suites overlook stunning landmarks. Located … close to the Louvre Museum, shopping, theatre and banking districts, this luxury Paris hotel is an icon in the City of Light.”
Reaction was swift to Biden’s lavish spending.
“Still no WH tours, but VP Biden’s recent trip to Europe racked up $1mil in hotel room bills,” said U.S. Rep. Randy Neugebauer, R-Texas, among dozens to vent outrage on Twitter.
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