Obama's Private Concerts Cost What?????

[NRiderUSA]

10,000,000 10 MILLION dollars. The exact figure is not know because the White House REFUSES to release the expense sheets and cost books for these events.

I wonder if this is the change that people were hoping for. I guess when you are running a country with TRILLION dollar deficits, what is another 10,000,000 of taxpayer money.


Obama Wastes Millions of Taxpayer Dollars on Personal Entertainment
By Fred Dardick Monday, June 7, 2010
The same hypocrite who says our energy costs must “necessarily skyrocket” to fund his political ambition, is giving Marie Antoinette a run for her money when it comes to spending national treasure on personal luxuries.



While much of the country is struggling to pay their bills, the President and First Lady are partying like rock royalty. The collection of talent that has made the pilgrimage to the White House to entertain Obama and friends is nothing less than amazing: Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Tony Bennet, Paul Simon, Marc Anthony, Herbie Hancock, Martina McBride, Queen Latifah, The Foo Fighters, Faith Hill, and recently foot-in-mouth Paul McCartney to name a few.

This has the makings to be the greatest ongoing concert series ever to be seen on this Earth just to entertain one man … all paid for by the American taxpayer.

Let Them Eat Cake
How much does this world-class entertainment cost? Assuming the artists themselves forgo appearance fees, I highly doubt Paul Simon would perform with just a karaoke machine as backup.
Professional equipment needs to be brought in - sound engineers, stages, lights, etc… Even small scale performances by these artists can be very expensive.

Add booze, food, security, invitations, social secretaries, wait staff, and hangers on to the tab and the price for one of these events could easily top $75K. With over 27 concerts hosted thus far, the total cost to taxpayers is in the millions of dollars.

The executive branch does not provide detailed information regarding entertainment expenses, however, it has been estimated the Obamas spent at least $10 million on “drunken White House parties” in 2009 alone.

The Audacity of Food Stamps
Considering the country is at war and a record 40 million Americans rely on food stamps to eat, Obama should show some class and skip the expensive partying.

Whether it’s the world’s greatest concert series, multi-million dollar date night in New York or taxpayer funded shopping in Europe for the First Lady, the Obamas are exposing themselves as nothing more than greedy, self-serving politicians.

While the President and First Lady insist the rest of us endure economic hardship for the greater good, they are living like a king and queen on our dime.

[AlabamaNomadRider]

Yes this is an outrage. I saw on the news a couple of days back that congress and the senate is in recess until sometime in May. A lot of them are going to China and others to other places. That is costing us a fortune also. And I am sure there will be money given to these foreign governments while they are there. They need their a$$es in session to do something for the country rather than flying all of the world at taxpayers expense.

[NRiderUSA]

Yeah amazing but true stories on how to work on a deficit continues.... brought to you by the current Administration..

http://www.afterld.com/showthread.ph...hina&p=1047053

[ringadingh]

How else is he supposed to relax and kick back. He needs his downtime to unwind from all the great decisions that have to be made daily.

[NRiderUSA]

Looks like the next show is scheduled at the White House....... Think they really know we are in a budget crisis, and understand what that means??

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