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The President of the United States isn't paid ENOUGH IMO, and he is entitled to all the perks he can get. For example, the CEO of my company makes $1.2 million a year PLUS perks, and that is just one medium sized company.
Big damn deal, the guy gets a vacation with his family over Christmas. If this wasn't such a lunatic world he could safely board a regular flight like the rest of us, but with nut jobs running around he wouldn't survive 5 minutes without the Secret Service.
Just because none of us were smart enough to get that job, don't be sore losers. I hope he and the family have a great Holiday.
OP when your the leader of the free world you get to take a few extra days around the holidays. Hell i'm a dopey truck driver that humps packages all day and i'm taking the next two weeks off.
Don and Thomas I get what you are saying.
Its on the tax payers dime is what gets me.
And its not just now at Christmas, the vacation.
He and his family have been on vacation more times in this calendar year, and also on our taxes.
It is hard to swallow when there is so much turmoil now.
And so many people working hard to make ends meet.
I seriously hate comments like this. Every year there are people working hard to make ends meet. There will ALWAYS be people working hard to make ends meet. There has never been a time in the past where people didn't work hard to make ends meet. My wife and I are very financially stable, but we work hard to have what we have. The CEO making millions worked hard to get where he or she is. So should the President not take a vacation just because there are poor people in America? They don't pay taxes anyways (a complete separate conversation), so it isn't like it is coming out of their pocket.
About the turmoil, there will always be turmoil. Nothing is going to change with this. There are always conflicts throughout the world as well as conflicts in the US, but we should not let those conflicts prevent us from enjoying some time off and the President is included in this.
Don and Thomas I vet what you are saying.
Its on the tax payers dime is whag gets me.
And its not just now at Christmas.
He and his family have been on vacation more times in this calendar year.
Of COURSE it is on our dime !!!! That is how it works. Just like we pay for Senator's health insurance, and all the other niceties that are part and parcel of their benefit package. When we hire a President, or VP, or whatever position, with that goes not only their base salary, but other monies that go to support them in their work and in their free time.
Let me ask you this. Would you take a job where you would NEVER be free to ever go out in public again without an armed guard by your side? Would you ask you Wife and Children to accept a lifestyle that everyday of your life you could not go out and just walk around like the rest of us do ? No trips to the Mall or the beach or just being alone for a nice walk somewhere. What a great life !!
Anyone who takes this job is a prisoner for the rest of their life. There will always be some nut with a gun who would love nothing better than to take you out, and if he got your family, so much the better ! Wake up, big deal that the guy and his family get a nice vacation occasionally............I would too, and I wouldn't feel bad about it in the least.
Wake up and smell the coffee, their existence is paid for by us because that is how it has to be. We ask them to take these jobs and then we nitpick over every little thing they do ! What a bunch of whiners !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I work Christmas and New Years and I'm not outraged. I guess because I work hard to earn my 4-5 weeks of vacation a year, and I know I don't work as hard as the POTUS.
Don and Thomas I vet what you are saying.
Its on the tax payers dime is whag gets me.
And its not just now at Christmas.
He and his family have been on vacation more times in this calendar year.
The President of the United States isn't paid ENOUGH IMO, and he is entitled to all the perks he can get. For example, the CEO of my company makes $1.2 million a year PLUS perks, and that is just one medium sized company.
Big damn deal, the guy gets a vacation with his family over Christmas. If this wasn't such a lunatic world he could safely board a regular flight like the rest of us, but with nut jobs running around he wouldn't survive 5 minutes without the Secret Service.
Just because none of us were smart enough to get that job, don't be sore losers. I hope he and the family have a great Holiday.
Don
Exactly! Must have been some Fox News talking point this morning about how bad old Obama is doing nothing but taking vacations.
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