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Topic Started: Mar 3 2011, 11:12 PM (16,467 Views)
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Not even a crisis can get in the way of his vacation.
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Aug 10 2011, 08:02 PM
Not even a crisis can get in the way of his vacation.
Your right CKS, Obozo, is living it up on the taxpayer expense, that is probably why he wants to raise taxes. The man has an unlimited expense account, paid for by us, the American taxpayers.
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I think this vacation will not sit well with the taxpaying voting public at all. Those of us who are watching our retirement literally go up in smoke (investments, savings what little there might be of a pension at this point) are going to remember that while we are trying to figure out how to pay tuition bills, the president and his family were frolicking at the taxpayers expense.
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Michelle and one of the girls left on Monday to visit Michelle's brother in Oregon, so Michelle's vacation has already begun.
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Aug 10 2011, 09:06 PM
Michelle and one of the girls left on Monday to visit Michelle's brother in Oregon, so Michelle's vacation has already begun.
First Lady Michelle Obama & family fly into Eugene, visit family in Corvallis
http://www.kmtr.com/news/local/story/First-Lady-Michelle-Obama-family-fly-into-Eugene/fVINwHHJCE6jXIx66njrXA.cspx


11 car motorcade, 737 Jet. Security. How much is this costing us?

They will probably say they are paying for it. Sure a few thousands while we pick up a couple hundred thousand in expenses.

Sorry these are not normal times. It requires sacrifice from our leaders
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Aug 10 2011, 08:31 PM
I think this vacation will not sit well with the taxpaying voting public at all. Those of us who are watching our retirement literally go up in smoke (investments, savings what little there might be of a pension at this point) are going to remember that while we are trying to figure out how to pay tuition bills, the president and his family were frolicking at the taxpayers expense.
From USA Today...

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Economic woes offer awkward backdrop for Obama's vacation

WASHINGTON — Fourteen million people are out of work. Millions more are losing fortunes in the stock market. America's AAA bond rating has slipped.

So should President Obama be vacationing next week in Martha's Vineyard, off the coast of Massachusetts, where the average home costs $650,000?

Yes, says White House press secretary Jay Carney. Obama, like most Americans, needs down time to recharge his batteries for the battles ahead. And besides, he says, "The presidency travels with you."

Maybe not, say some academics, authors and political pundits. While Obama deserves a break, they say, this might not be the time, and Martha's Vineyard might not be the place.

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Presidents are accustomed to vacation interruptions:

•Already this year, Obama has canceled trips to Montana and Williamsburg, Va., to stick with budget negotiations.
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Can't expect him to miss any more of his vacations this year!
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What person, paid $200,000 per year with a family of two and a wife who is not working, can afford to (time wise and money wise) to take the number of vacations that Obama and his wife do? Let us not forget as well that there is also Camp David for weekend retreats. If the demands of the White House are so taxing - he should resign. He was hired, so to speak, for a four year position. By my reckoning, he has not spent much of it working.....it would be one thing if the economy were ticking along, the nation were not at war, unemployment was at 3%, and there was not a constant terrorism threat. However, the economy is in a free fall, we are still fighting two wars that the Congress has approved and another (in Libya) that it has not, unemployment is at 9% nationally and in some areas even higher, and the terrorism threat only grows rather diminishes. But, it is necessary for the President who sees his family daily (they live"over the shop"), has to travel to Martha's Vineyard for a vacation with his family so he can spend some time with them? It is more lke so he can hobnob with his wealthy friends.
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I don't mind if he's kept busy out-of-town on vacations!
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Aug 11 2011, 10:10 AM
I don't mind if he's kept busy out-of-town on vacations!
As long as I am not paying for it. A permanent vacation would be preferable......we can only hope that comes as a result of the vote in 2012.
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Aug 11 2011, 10:20 AM
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Aug 11 2011, 10:10 AM
I don't mind if he's kept busy out-of-town on vacations!
As long as I am not paying for it. A permanent vacation would be preferable......we can only hope that comes as a result of the vote in 2012.
It's the cheaper way to solve the Obama problem!

Pay for that or pay for more if he's busy at the WH.
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Part of a plan to replace the demand...


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Carney: Unemployment Benefits Could Create Up To 1 Million Jobs

"I understand why extending unemployment insurance provides relief to people who need it, but how does that create jobs," Wall Street Journal's Laura Meckler asked Jay Carney at Wednesday's WH briefing.

Carney responded: "Oh, uh, it is by, uh, I would expect a reporter from the Wall Street Journal would know this as part of the entrance exam."

"There are few other ways that can directly put money into the economy than applying unemployment insurance," Carney said.

Carney answers the question: "It is one of the most direct ways to infuse money directly into the economy because people who are unemployed and obviously aren't running a paycheck are going to spend the money that they get. They're not going to save it, they're going to spend it. And with unemployment insurance, that way, the money goes directly back into the economy, dollar for dollar virtually."

"Every place that, that money is spent has added business and that creates growth and income for businesses that leads them to decisions about jobs, more hiring. So, there are few other ways that can directly put money into the economy than applying unemployment insurance, Carney said.

Carney says President Obama is pushing for unemployment benefits to be extended "as we continue to emerge from this recession."

Carney also says this is only one item of a "variety of things to grow the economy and create jobs."

"This is one thing that economists of all stripes agree will directly affect growth, a half-percentage point I believe, economists believe is the payroll tax cut," Carney also said.

Carney estimates that unemployment benefits could create up to one million jobs. However, then he talks about how a possible natural disaster could hurt US economy as well as the global economy.


A big problem with that math is that it does NOT add to the DEMAND, so it can't CREATE any JOBS

...the best they can get from it is the claim it could have been worse, a DEMAND process that just digs the hole deeper as you keep adding to just how much DEMAND we must pay for.

While the presser was going on there, reporters should have asked how many jobs were created with the dollars spent from high corporate taxes to fund the enforcement of the extensive regulations that directly contribute to…

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Trade Deficit in U.S. Unexpectedly Widens

The U.S. trade deficit unexpectedly increased in June to the highest level since October 2008 as a slump in exports exceeded a decline in shipments from overseas.
[only Bloomberg would call it "unexpectedly"!!!!]

The gap widened 4.4 percent to $53.1 billion from $50.8 billion in the prior month, Commerce Department figures showed today in Washington. The deficit exceeded all estimates in a Bloomberg News survey of economists in which the median was $48 billion. Exports declined the most since January 2009.

U.S. shipments of capital equipment and industrial supplies fell in June, which may reflect the start of a cooling in the global economy. Some companies like Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) remain optimistic that demand for American-made goods will be sustained, helped in part by a weaker dollar.

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Now how do you like the POSITIVE news they found at Caterpillar ?!?!?!

A "weaker dollar", which translates into Ben running up the cost of living for every citizen in this nation ...but the bright side is that trade

...COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE!

I say work on INCENTIVES for businesses to increase supply and reduce the regulatory DISINCENTIVES driving the US companies to producing in other countries they then IMPORT to the USA.
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'Something wrong with our politics,' Obama says

President uses visit to vehicle battery factory to talk jobs, criticize Congress

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE - 8/11/2011 3:47:34 PM ET

HOLLAND, Mich. — Seeking to align himself with a public beleaguered by economic uncertainty and frustrated by Washington, President Barack Obama declared Thursday: "There is nothing wrong with our country. There is something wrong with our politics."

His toughly worded message — he said there was frustration in his voice, in case anyone missed the point — came amid a series of polls showing that people are disgusted with political dysfunction and are dispensing blame all around, including on Obama.

On his first official trip outside of Washington since being confined to the nation's capital for more than a month to deal with the debt debate, Obama said Americans were right to be worried about the country's 9.1 percent unemployment rate and the fluctuations in the stock market. The contentious and partisan debt debate in Washington this summer, he said, has done little to help.

"Unfortunately what we've seen in Washington in the last few months has been the worst kind of partisanship, the worst kind of gridlock, and that gridlock has undermined public confidence, and impeded our efforts to take the steps we need for our economy," Obama said during remarks at a factory that makes advanced batteries for alternative-fuel vehicles.

A Washington Post poll released this week showed widespread and deep discontent with Washington. Nearly 80 percent said they were dissatisfied with the way the country's political system works, compared with 60 percent in November 2009. Seventy-one percent said the federal government is mostly focused on the wrong things, up from 55 percent in October 2010.

Both Obama and congressional Republicans were targets of unhappiness, with only 19 percent of people polled saying that Obama had made progress in solving the country's major problems, and just 10 percent saying that about Republicans. At the same time, 28 percent said Obama had made things worse, while 35 percent said congressional Republicans had done that.

Obama sought to channel the public's anger in order to avoid being sunk by it himself. He urged Americans to tell Washington lawmakers they'd had enough with the bickering and stalemates.

"You've got to tell them you've had enough of the theatrics you've had enough of the politics, stop sending out press releases start passing some bills that we all know will help the economy right now," he said. "That's what they need to do. They've got to hear from you."

Despite Obama's calls for urgent action on the economy, Congress has left Washington for its August recess and Obama will soon follow for his annual summer vacation in Martha's Vineyard. But the president said he saw little reason to call lawmakers back to Washington.

"The last thing we need is Congress spending more time arguing in D.C.," he said. "They need to spend more time out here listening to you and hearing how fed up you are."


President uses visit to vehicle battery factory to ...criticize Congress :roflmao:

Did he drive a Volt there?

Reading between the lines; he's telling them that the two years he had to remedy the economic problem - JOBS - was not enough time

...relect him to finish his job, and

...oh yeah, about his first 2 years, the Republicans screwed it all up just as soon as they had the majority in one of the two houses of Congress.
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Something is wrong with Politics

Amazing! He can never take responsibility for his failures. He is not wrong, it's Politics.

Then he heads out for

Obama aired his frustration with the ways of Washington at an event in Michigan before pivoting to his re-election campaign and a pair of big-money fundraisers in New York City.

He delivered a condensed version of that message at a fundraiser at the lower Manhattan home of movie producer Harvey Weinstein, where celebrities Gwyneth Paltrow and Jimmy Fallon, were among the approximately 50 guests who paid $35,800 each to attend.


Next week on to Martha's Vineyard for 10 days. Ever get the idea this guy is nuts? He is the classic Narcissist, unable to look at himself with any faults. A dangerous man is in the White House,
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Am I reading this right? BHO is going to Martha's Vineyard, and MIzBHO and the girls are going to Oregon? Who's getting away from whom?
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Aug 11 2011, 11:46 PM
Am I reading this right? BHO is going to Martha's Vineyard, and MIzBHO and the girls are going to Oregon? Who's getting away from whom?
I believe Michelle & the girls will be headed to Martha's also
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