But...but...but! DWS's staffers are starving! Where's the "Sequester Equality"?!!!
Oh ... the humanity!
Posted on 03/27/2013 6:17:00 AM PDT by safetysign
In the first three months of the year, members of the first family have been on three vacations, averaging a vacation a month. And now it's being reported that the first daughters are on a spring break vacation in the Bahamas.
Obama Photo
AP / Steven Senne
The Obamas began the new year in Hawaii. "President Obama departed Hawaii this morning for Washington, after spending NINE days vacationing with family and friends in his native state. Here’s a quick look at how he spent his vacation," ABC reported on January 6, 2013.
"Obama played FIVE rounds of golf with SEVEN different partners, spending roughly THIRTY hours on TWO different courses on Oahu. The president made FIVE early morning trips to the gym at the nearby Marine Base at Kaneohe Bay. The First Family spent TWO afternoons enjoying the beach on the base and went for ONE hike to a local waterfall. The president spent ONE father-daughter afternoon with Malia and Sasha, bowling and going out for shave ice, an annual tradition."
Then the first lady and their daughters vacationed in Aspen over President's Day weekend. "First Lady Michelle Obama arrived in Aspen on Friday afternoon and is here with her daughters for a ski vacation," Aspendailynews.com reported in February. "Few details about her trip were available. Sources said she is staying at the home of Jim and Paula Crown, owners of the Aspen Skiing Co. She is reportedly skiing at Buttermilk today, where the Crowns, of Chicago, own a home on the Tiehack side."
While the rest of the family was in Colorado, Obama went to Florida for a golf weekend. "It was not his motivation, certainly, but President Obama is honoring his modern predecessors on this Presidents’ Day weekend by doing what many of them liked to do on breaks: chill out in Florida with the guys — including, in his case, one of golf’s most famous guys, Tiger Woods," the New York Times reported in February.
And now it's being reported that the first daughters are on Spring Break in the Bahamas. "Sasha and Malia Obama are quietly vacationing at the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas, Breitbart News has learned," a report reads.
Of course, there's no reason to begrudge the first family for enjoying a good vacation. But at a time when the White House is closed to the public, it all might seem a little odd.
Makes the British Royal Family look like pikers. I’d like a comparison of personal expenses.
Actually, I have observed this behavior to be prevalent amongst elected black democrats.
I would like to see a dollar to dollar comparison between the cost of care and feed of the British royal family vs the care and feed of the American royal family.
Who’s watching the daughters at Atlantis? Are bodyguards charged with babysitting? I didn’t know they had bedtime story duties, too.
“there’s no reason to begrudge the first family for enjoying a good vacation”
I disagree entirely. This is the ruling elite enjoying special privileges at our expense, while scorning us. They feel entitled and superior.
Dang, I just want one little vacation to somewhere I've never been....life gets in the way at our home.....work gets in the way at their's!
They’re on a roll aint they. Nothing like being N rich.
Rotney King on our money.
Spend it while ya got it baby.
But...but...but! DWS's staffers are starving! Where's the "Sequester Equality"?!!!
Oh ... the humanity!
To me..further proof that he is really only the front man for the Jarrett/Axelrod/Soros cabal who are really making policy. Living high off the hog (my pardons to the Muzzies) is his reward for being the visible ‘suit’.
Even though the leftist are in the same sinking boat as we are, they love that Obama is rubbing our noses in it.
I seem to recall a more appropriate term.
Its good to be The King!
How many jobs could have been created in the last four years with the amount of money spent on the Obama family?
It’s been estimated that it costs taxpayers $1.4 billion each year to fund the Obama family budget. If the estimation is accurate, the total cost to the American taxpayers over the last four years is 5,600,000,000. If you divide this number by the average salary of the American worker ($43,000), you get about 130,230. The money spent on the Obama’s is equivalent to 130,230 American jobs.
story here:
http://cnsnews.com/blog/celia-bigelow/taxpayers-spend-equivalent-130000-jobs-obama-family-household
Sequester Doesn’t Stop Obama’s Daughters From Spending Spring Break At Luxurious Atlantis Resort in Bahamas
Read more: http://godfatherpolitics.com/#ixzz2OkahevBT
As part of Obamacare we should be get- no, be ENTITLED TO - 2 weeks (or more) of PAID VACATION as a preventative measure for mental health.
Dammit I WANT MINE!
I don’t think one a month is too many for America’s first ROYAL family. /s
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