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Topic: William & Kate have nothing on Obama |
William & Kate have nothing on Obama
Orange County Register [CA], by Mark Steyn
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Posted By:supersid, 12/7/2012 8:23:02 PM
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| From the New York Daily News: "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.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
supersid, 12/7/2012 8:32:16 PM (No. 9054459)
FTA: last year the U.S. presidency cost American taxpayers $1.4 billion. Over the same period, the entire Royal Family cost British taxpayers about $57 million.
The ´presidential dog walker´ who handles ´Bo´ makes more than 100000 per year, Steyn notes.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Fiesta del sol, 12/7/2012 9:02:00 PM (No. 9054473)
Mark made this point last week when he was subbing for Rush. I was stunned! President Drone Strike has two full time projectionists on staff in case he wants to watch a movie.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
belwhatter, 12/7/2012 10:33:05 PM (No. 9054569)
William and Kate seem not to embrace excess. obama could take a leaf out of their book and save us all a great deal of money.
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TXknitter, 12/8/2012 1:38:31 AM (No. 9054715)
Charles has a good number of palace employees upset as he´s trying to move towards a leaner more efficient "firm." Prince Charles and William both evidently are thinking to the future - something Obama certainly does not do. Obama´s vulgar excesses have proven that the American people must insist (legislatively) that no President can do this again.
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