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White House Petition- Stop charging taxpayers for your vacations while the sequester is in effect.
White House Petition Website ^ | 3/7/13

Posted on 03/07/2013 11:35:43 AM PST by TastyManatees

As the President plans a fabulous vacation for his family to Martha's Vineyard, a new White House petition:

Mr. President, stop charging U.S. taxpayers for your personal and family vacations while the sequester is in effect.

We object to the President charging taxpayers for his vacations, since he has now imposed sequester cuts on the military and his own personal fortune of $12 Million is more than enough to cover his costs. Since 2009, the President and his family have spent tens of millions of taxpayer dollars for “working” vacations to Hawaii, golf outings, and trips for his wife and children around the world. As taxpayers, we find it unconscionable for a multimillionaire to bill us for his vacation costs, while telling our military to make do with less. We ask that; (1) the President and his family stop using taxpayer-funded military transport for vacations, or (2) the President personally reimburse the U.S. Treasury for all costs associated with his vacations, including transportation and salaries.


TOPICS: Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: budget; president; sequester; vacation

1 posted on 03/07/2013 11:35:45 AM PST by TastyManatees
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To: TastyManatees
I signed.

The petition means nothing, but it feels good.

2 posted on 03/07/2013 11:39:26 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Somebody has to be courageous enough to stand up to the bullies." --Dr. Ben Carson)
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To: TastyManatees

Hey, he’s black (half) and he was reelected, that’s all anyone needs to know. Give up perks or pay his own way? That’s for the serfs and not for rulers like him.

FUBO & FAD & Down with the democrat party


3 posted on 03/07/2013 11:41:44 AM PST by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: TastyManatees

....and the MSM went berserk every time Bush played golf a whopping 24 times during his entire 8 year presidency, while Obozo has gone over 100 times and he’s not even into his second term more than two months..........


4 posted on 03/07/2013 11:52:01 AM PST by Red Badger (Lincoln freed the slaves. Obama just got them ALL back......................)
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To: TastyManatees

Heard on Rush a little while ago that the est. cost of tours is $18k per week,
Meanwhile his automobile entourage for dinner last night was 20 vehicles, to go 1/2 mile.

And his and the Mooch’s vacations....


5 posted on 03/07/2013 12:02:29 PM PST by Vinnie
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To: Vinnie

Another thread puts the tour costs at $74k.


6 posted on 03/07/2013 12:07:48 PM PST by Vinnie
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To: TastyManatees

FB’d


7 posted on 03/07/2013 12:29:23 PM PST by rawcatslyentist ("Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one," Jeremiah 50:31)
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To: TastyManatees

Weird, only 20 signatures or so. Thought something this common sense would be a lot more popular. Guess you can never tell.


8 posted on 03/08/2013 5:46:10 AM PST by TastyManatees (http://www.tastymanatees.com- R.I.P.)
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