Geee Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 National Review: “Snooki Gives Kate Middleton Advice on Being a New Parent.” Great! Maybe Kate could return the favor and give Snooki and her fellow Americans some advice. About fiscal prudence, for example. Say what you like about a high-living, big-spending, bloated, decadent, parasitical, wastrel monarchy, but, compared to the citizen-executive of a republic of limited government, it’s a bargain. So, while the lovely Duchess of Cambridge nurses her baby bump, the equally radiant president of the United States nurses his ever more swollen debt belly. He and his family are about to jet off on their Christmas vacation to watch America slide off the fiscal cliff from the luxury beach resort of Kailua. The cost to taxpayers of flying one man, his wife, two daughters, and a dog to Hawaii is estimated at $3,639,622. For purposes of comparison, the total bill for flying the entire royal family (Queen, princes, dukes, the works) around the world for a year is £4.7 million — or about enough for two Obama vacations. According to the USAF, in 2010 Air Force One cost American taxpayers $181,757 per flight hour. According to the Royal Canadian Air Force, in 2011 the CC-150 Polaris military transport that flew William and Kate from Vancouver to Los Angeles cost Her Majesty’s Canadian subjects $15,505 per hour — or about 8/100ths of the cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickydog Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 sigh This has not made my day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickadee Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 But, @nickydog, he and his family are ENTITLED to this, are they not? We the American People would not want our president to be anything less than overindulged, right? /scarcasm to the max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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