I'm so tired of hearing about the economic stimulus. So tired, in fact, that I just want Republicans to say "OK, sure, whatever" and pass it so that maybe we can move on with the next phase of our lives!
However, given that our country already has a sizeable deficit, we're in a recession and we need to cut excess spending... Is it really in our best interest to have the President skipping from town to town to peddle his stimulus package at town hall meetings?
I mean, has anyone really calculated it? The amount of fuel needed for Air Force One (never mind the damage that it's probably causing our environment) and the President's ground transportation/motorcade, the possible overtime pay for Secret Service agents and others who have to arrive ahead of the President and his entourage, the cost of flying the President's Advance team out there and paying for their per diem/hotel rooms/rental cars... From DC to Indiana, back to DC and then out to Florida.
I feel like Presidential travel is one thing that needs to be downscaled a bit in next year's budget! Of course, President Bush held his town hall meetings and such too... But aren't we supposed to be celebrating change?
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