And I would be satisfied with $400 to spend on Christmas!

Here we go again.....

Aloha nui loa, MF

This is exactly what is needed for Republicans to throw the bums out at the next election(s). Democrats at every level are damaged by this presidential conspicuous consumption at taxpayer expense. The nation is going broke and Obama jets off for a $4,000,000 dollar vacation. Vacation from what, exactly?

All he needs to do is to keep acting like Obama. The foul-ups, confusion, missteps, failures and inevitable catastrophes will gradually enlighten a sufficient number of his dimmest supporters. He absolutely needed a second term to show those who voted for him what he is all about and what the actual effects of his schemes will be.

Go for it, dude! Show Americans who have yet to catch on who and what you really are and where your bright ideas will lead America.

Kowabama?

The perfect example of the President fiddling while America burns! Well, this is what this country voted for so enjoy!

So glad I could help.

No doubt the victims of Sandy are very happy with this, afterall they voted for his re-election in that part of the country.

American Xerxes.

If I had the money I would post this on a billboard along a highway...with a big thank you for the ones who voted for this guy to use our money for vacation...while I sit home wishing I could enjoy a vacation anywhere....

My blood pressure is in the danger zone. If he is not campaigning then he is vacationing. On my dime. I´m 66 and retirement is not in sight. I still think there was massive voter fraud.

What is all this "fiscal cliff" nonsense? I don´t see no stinkin cliff on the beach.

I don´t like Zippy anymore than anyone else around here, but these journalist games are really starting to bore me. Would the taxpayers save $4 million if he didn´t go to Hawaii? Of course not...

Th Obamas are just getting their "fair share" Just as those who voted for them.

#4 he did this last term as well and did ´voters´ "throw the bums out" at the election? No! They did not. I swear it is one of two things either the entire election was rigged (probable) or we have a society that has become so laissez-faire and unconcerned that they can no longer tell the difference between a truths or a lie or worse don´t give a rip (also probable). The US federal government has been raping the taxpayer for 2 decades and yet apparently the taxpayers want to have every red cent pillaged from them and spent to make lawmakers richer and send a do nothing president; that right now makes Jimmy Carter look like an action hero; on lavish vacations round the world so he can campaign. What I want to know now is what the hell is he campaigning for this time...King of the world? Frightening thing is Taxpayers may vote for that if it hit the ballot. I have no faith at all in the American people or our election system because I cannot tell who is at fault anymore. It seems like a good blend of ignorance, apathy and fraud that have us over this barrel!

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Could you elaborate? Why would the taxpayers NOT save $4,000,000 if the Obama family vacation were cancelled? For purposes of discussion I am positing what is no doubt a hypothetical, i.e. that the money would not be wasted some other way. We all know that is not merely possible but probable. But let´s pretend it wouldn´t happen. Why wouldn´t we save $4,000,000 if Obama didn´t take another vacation?

Now a Keynesian case can certainly be made that spending money, even imaginary money, can benefit the economy in the short run. Wouldn´t it make more sense, instead of blowing $4,000,000 on an Hawaian vacation, to distribute the money to the truly poor and needy and let THEM introduce it into the economy by their own choices, e.g. cigarettes, beer, raffle tickets, drugs, fines, probation fees etc?

Just think what a grand gesture it would be. Obama could proclaim that he was foregoing his much needed(!) and well-deserved((!!) vacation for the sake of the needy, then donate the four million, hold a drawing, or just ride through poor neighborhoods in the presidential limo throwing ten dollar bills out the window by the fistfull. Four million is a lot of ten dollar bills: 400,000 to be exact.

And they want my 401(k)for some reason? Some people will look at the balance and extract that amount of damage. Not me, though. I think this chick deserves a nice vacation at taxpayer expense. Why not stay longer and make it an even $5 million?

I´m guessing this is why he needs all that new tax money.

Meanwhile, we´re scratching to make ends meet.

I had a doctor´s appointment yesterday. My doctor mentioned Obama and his fear about the direction the country is going. He told me he had just bought his first gun. I told him I hadn´t owned one three years ago and had just recently bought my ninth one. He was asking me about suggestions for a concealed carry weapon. We talked about stocking up on food and emergency supplies. We continued to discuss how Obama is blowing the country´s future. I mentioned Obama´s upcoming Hawaiian vacation. By then he knew it was pointless to take my blood pressure. I´m already taking three different medications to try to control my blood pressure. He saw first hand that the mention of Obama´s name didn´t help matters.

What´s wrong with a nice Christmas around the fireplace at Camp David? I´m sure it would cost a lot less than $4 million.