GOODY TWO SHOES: Let Them Eat Steak!: Part V
Just days after taxpayers footed the bill for Obama’s dinner-and-a-show date in Manhattan with wife Michelle, comes word that we will not pay for his entire family - including his mother-in-law - to visit Paris, reports The Boston Globe:
The White House confirmed yesterday that [the family will] join the president, who has scheduled meetings with French officials and will appear at a ceremony tomorrow in Normandy marking the 65th anniversary of D-Day. …
[T]he trip has raised eyebrows among government watchdog groups, particularly since it comes so soon after the Obama's pricey "date night" jaunt to New York - the president called it fulfilling a campaign promise - and in the midst of what Obama himself has called the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. …
Leslie Paige, a spokeswoman for Citizens Against Government Waste, said that because Obama has such a demanding job, few would begrudge him some presidential perks - as long as he doesn't completely indulge himself on the taxpayer's dime. The problem, she said, is that Obama has not made his expenses public, and thus is failing to keep his pledge to run an open, transparent government.
"I doubt we'll see the true cost of the trip to Paris," Paige said. Not keeping his promise "has been a disappointment, to say the least," she added. …
"Maybe he could be more austere," she added, "with a little less flash, and a little more transparency."
Well, at least Bill Clinton could feel our pain. Obama seems to want to rub it in our faces - and using our money, too.
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