Sure let him celebrate. Turning 50 is a big thing. He deserves a little time to get away from the stress of the job. Who cares if the rest of us, me included, work on our birthdays like I did yesterday. He's special don't ya know......
PLEASE NOTE: The above statement was made with as much sarcasm as I could come up with in print. I in no way feel the way I stated. He's scum that feels he's above us mere peons that he is supposed to represent. I worked, as I'm sure millions of others have done, on my birthday yesterday. He needs to keep his ass on the job and stop all the fkin partying at our expense.
Appropriate for Obama to Throw $40K-a-Plate Birthday Fundraiser?
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Recession? What recession? As the debt talks in Washington drag on and our country balances on the precipice of a potential financial Armageddon on August 2, there are clearly some folks who have extra cash to splash around.
According to reports, President Obama is planning to charge up to $38,500 per couple for tickets to his 50th birthday party-cum-fundraiser.
The party, slated to take place a day after the debt deadline, August 3, will unroll at Chicago's Aragon Ballroom, where high rollers can expect VIP seating a star-studded concert with entertainment expected from Chi-town native Jennifer Hudson, among other unannounced acts.
The event will have several levels, including a 4 p.m. concert for which some limited $50 tickets will be sold, $1,000 tickets for premium seats with a hosted bar, $10,000 for preferred seating to the show and souvenir photos with the president and some $200 general admission tickets.
White House officials said despite the ongoing, tense budget talks, the celebration will go on, but could be canceled if a debt deal isn't reached by the deadline.
According to figures provided this week, Obama has raised a combined $86 million for his re-election campaign and for the Democratic Party over the past three months, nearly triple the amount ($35 million) that Republican candidates have collectively raised so far.
Is it a good time for this kind of lavish affair?
According to reports, President Obama is planning to charge up to $38,500 per couple for tickets to his 50th birthday party-cum-fundraiser.
The party, slated to take place a day after the debt deadline, August 3, will unroll at Chicago's Aragon Ballroom, where high rollers can expect VIP seating a star-studded concert with entertainment expected from Chi-town native Jennifer Hudson, among other unannounced acts.
The event will have several levels, including a 4 p.m. concert for which some limited $50 tickets will be sold, $1,000 tickets for premium seats with a hosted bar, $10,000 for preferred seating to the show and souvenir photos with the president and some $200 general admission tickets.
White House officials said despite the ongoing, tense budget talks, the celebration will go on, but could be canceled if a debt deal isn't reached by the deadline.
According to figures provided this week, Obama has raised a combined $86 million for his re-election campaign and for the Democratic Party over the past three months, nearly triple the amount ($35 million) that Republican candidates have collectively raised so far.
Is it a good time for this kind of lavish affair?
Top Opinion
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Dixienc 2011/07/15 17:11:52
for him to put on the gala affair. That's why not!
If you bother to do even a little bit of research, you will find that Obama has the largest and most expensive entourage of any President in history. (by a HUGE margin)
This little party of his will end up costing us at least a million dollars that we will have to borrow because we don't have it.
Do you understand that this Country is bankrupt because the bastards in power spend our hard earned tax dollars like there is no tomorrow?
What really upsets me about career politicians like Obama is that he has never earned an HONEST dollar in his life. He has made a living telling other people what they want to hear all his life. He doesn't know or care what it takes the rest of us to do to pay the taxes they waste so easily.
Just my .02.
Don't get me wrong, if Obama had his way with no opposition, he would spend us into oblivion in a month because he is trying very hard to establish a western European style socialist state. We can't afford that, nor do many of us want that, myself included. It's not working out too well in Europe either. All but one of the E.U. countries are bankrupt as well
In order to solve this, we will have to do several things to get our financial house in order. I think Bill O'Reilly has an excellent idea.
He is suggesting lowering income tax rates across the board and adding a 1% Federal sales tax. That would get the 50% of the population that pays ZERO income tax to suddenly have to pay a bit of tax to help out and put more money in the pocket of the a...
Don't get me wrong, if Obama had his way with no opposition, he would spend us into oblivion in a month because he is trying very hard to establish a western European style socialist state. We can't afford that, nor do many of us want that, myself included. It's not working out too well in Europe either. All but one of the E.U. countries are bankrupt as well
In order to solve this, we will have to do several things to get our financial house in order. I think Bill O'Reilly has an excellent idea.
He is suggesting lowering income tax rates across the board and adding a 1% Federal sales tax. That would get the 50% of the population that pays ZERO income tax to suddenly have to pay a bit of tax to help out and put more money in the pocket of the average worker at the same time. If you run the numbers, it would work like a charm and the debt would go away if we also cut out at least some of the enormous amount of money that the Federal Government currently just simply wastes and throws away.
By the way, a Federal sales tax is the ONLY kind of tax that the Constitution allows. Why? Because the rich would pay more tax than the poor automatically because they buy more stuff. If you don't want to pay the tax, don't buy the item. We could eliminate the I.R.S. overnight and have an actual fair taxation system, but that would be too easy and fair for the politicians we have now.
I think it's going to take another revolution to fix us. We'll see!
Most of Obama's deficit spending is from previous programs, before he became president. 2 wars, 2 tax reductions, part D for medicare, and TARP, all passed during the Bush administration. Yeah he has some of his own, but most of it he can't be blamed for. Also a least amount of taxes coming in to the treasury, since 1950. So this propaganda out of your machine, that Obama will spend us into oblivion, is just that PROPAGANDA, to beat him in 2012. So you should decipher whats real, and what is just crap from your machine! Republicans have spent more than Democrats, and that is fact. Sorry I hope you don't feint having me tell you this, but facts are facts!!!!
I gotta laugh out of your making the poor pay a tax even if they have zero income, but didn't mention the 60% of rich corporations that don't pay taxes. Some that made record profits!!! Oh you elitist just can't get out of your country club thinking!!!!
As far as the Western European countries, they are not technically socialist, but they are all damn close to it. They also have had flat or negative growth for a decade and are drowning in debt. One never knows which of the EU countries are going to need the next bailout.
As far as political machines go, when are you libs going to stop blaming George Bush and start taking some responsibilities? You had control of both houses of Congress and the White House for 2 years and yet the debt grew more in 2 years than it did with Bush in 8 years.
Sounds to me like y'all are the ones that need to wake up and realize that you cannot borrow your way out of debt.
If Obamacare, the new E.P.A. regs, and the ridiculous new regs your man just put on the auto industry aren't repealed, there won't be a company or employee left in America to tax!
When are the Libs going to realize that you can't legislate innovation?
Hate? You are damn right I hate the bastards in Washington that are determined to spend the greatest country in history out of existence and take away every freedom...
As far as the Western European countries, they are not technically socialist, but they are all damn close to it. They also have had flat or negative growth for a decade and are drowning in debt. One never knows which of the EU countries are going to need the next bailout.
As far as political machines go, when are you libs going to stop blaming George Bush and start taking some responsibilities? You had control of both houses of Congress and the White House for 2 years and yet the debt grew more in 2 years than it did with Bush in 8 years.
Sounds to me like y'all are the ones that need to wake up and realize that you cannot borrow your way out of debt.
If Obamacare, the new E.P.A. regs, and the ridiculous new regs your man just put on the auto industry aren't repealed, there won't be a company or employee left in America to tax!
When are the Libs going to realize that you can't legislate innovation?
Hate? You are damn right I hate the bastards in Washington that are determined to spend the greatest country in history out of existence and take away every freedom that our soldiers have fought and died for since the Revolutionary war.
That includes ALL of THEM, dem or repub. I say fire all of the crooked bastards and start over!
How's that for a machine?
Really?
Dude, you seriously need to see a shrink. I've heard of conspiracy theories, but that one is so far out there it's psychotic.
Just out of curiosity, who do you think engineered the debt crises
in the EU? Bush? Cheney?
1, Never have the Republicans threatened not to vote to raise the debt ceiling. 2,They never mentioned the debt ceiling, during the election 3, During the last election, the Republicans promised that there most important goal, was too defeat Obama! Not the most important goal was to create jobs, or get the debt under control.
So you can go to your safe place with your blanky and pretend only the big bad Obama created all these problems, or be honest, look at the evidence and see how your right wing Buddy's are playing the political game, over the good of the country!!!!
GLORIA
Only in America.
If it were McKlan, they'd be clammering for a spot in that good-ole hoot-nanny!
ANYONE WHO VOTED FOR OBAMA IN 2008 JUST TO PROVE THEY WEREN'T A RACIST HAD BETTER VOTE FOR "ANYONE ELSE" IN 2012, JUST TO PROVE THEY AREN'T AN IDIOT!
Is there any doubt who owns our wanna be dictator? The only thing Obama is concerned with now is getting elected again.
Wake up America and get the only honest man in Washington elected, Ron Paul.
He is the only candidate who can't be bought. Check his record if you are sick of seeing crap this this going on!
Gloria
He has voted no every time Congress wanted to spend money that was not authorized by the Constitution, even though he was often the ONLY ONE out of the 535 members of Congress that voted no.
Does that sound like a man that could be bought to you? He is the closest thing we have had to a Thomas Jefferson in over 200 years.
Redistribution....control....... of Government. Sounds like the party started in 2009!
Gloria