With the Thanksgiving weekend upon us, much of the nation travels to spend time with family and friends. So, that naturally brings a lot of travel issues into light. And, although not really a holiday story, there was something in the news today about how some people get where they're going.
According to the US military's figures, the average American could buy a house for what it costs to run Air Force One for an hour. They just provided an updated estimate on that cost, which was first published by a taxpayer watchdog group, and it's humongous -$181,757 per hour. It was also mentioned that President Obama has spent more days abroad in his first two years than any other president.
I mention it today because it seems all we hear now, from the president himself and those around him, is that the citizenry needs to tighten their belts, cough up more taxes and face our terrible economic problems by all pitching in. But, in the meantime this guy flies all over the planet for free, because all those buckler-uppers are paying his airfare, which as enormous as it is is only part of the cost of his many trips.
And it's things like this that have been mainstream of politicians as long as I can remember, because everything these people demand is expected of everyone else but them. That's why it doesn't seem matter to someone like Nancy Pelosi what's in bills that pass in the house, because she has no intention of taking the time or making any effort to read that legislation herself. The hypocrisy's so thick you'd need a tree-loggers power saw to cut through it.
But, as these blogs of mine have been saying for what seems quite a while now, a different kind of clock is ticking for those in office. And as every day goes by, more of our population is becoming aware of the frauds perpetrated on them by that group. What's more, the Internet and additional accesses to information are going to keep growing, delivering hard information accurately and quickly. And to me, that means that although the turkeys devoured tomorrow are the edible kind, the elected ones will soon be history too.
That's it for today folks.
Adios
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