Obama’s vacation came amidst fiscal wrangling Posted by CNN's Gregory Wallace (CNN) - About 90 minutes after publicly berating lawmakers for failing to reach a fiscal cliff deal before the holidays, President Barack Obama flew out of Washington. He landed in Hawaii 11 hours later - over 4,000 miles from Capitol Hill, and where the temperature was a balmy 80 degrees, twice what it was in Washington. "As we leave town for a few days, I hope it gives everyone perspective," he said in those remarks on December 21, two weeks ago. "Everybody can drink some eggnog, have some Christmas cookies, sing some Christmas carols, enjoy the company of loved ones." john In 2011 the American taxpayer shelled out some $1.4 BILLION for the Obamas. Their dog handler makes over $100,000 a year (really? you can't even take care of your own pet?). In contrast, England spent a whopping $57 MILLION on its royal family. Actually, the Obamas cost Americas more money in 2011 than the WORLD spent on ALL of the royalty known to mankind. And FIVE rounds of golf? Really? It takes me 5 YEARS to get that many rounds in and I can only afford that because of my third job. Who's "out of touch" with the working class? January 6, 2013 12:08 pm at 12:08 pm |