Obama avoids taxpayer protest with a political rally

While tens of thousands of citizens trekked to Washington DC to protest ObamaCare and continued monstrous government spending, President Obama was off in Minneapolis, evangelizing to a guaranteed-favorable crowd. Or, put a little differently… while a huge crowd spent their own money to travel to Washington to protest excessive government spending, the President chose to avoid them by incurring a HUGE additional taxpayer expense.

It costs big bucks when the President travels anywhere. Security costs alone are enormous, with both federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies pressed into service to assure total safety for one man. Air Force One, the President’s aiplane (actually airplaneS) are technolocally extravagant and serviced by a full-time Air Force unit. Typically, traffic is fouled up around a Presidential visit. This visit came on a choice day, shortly before a Minnesota Twins home game just down the street, and a signal football game a few hours late opening the brand-new University of Minnesota stadium to a sold-out crowd.

Despite all the expense and inconvenience, this visit to Minneapolis served no purpose but a sure-thing photo-op love-fest. Minnesota is a thoroughly liberal (read socialist) state, and he brought our 2 Democratic Senators along with him on from Washington.

At a time when unemployment is high and people are worried about their personal finances, you might think that a concerned President might actually make some effort to economize. It’s obvious just how concerned Obama is about taxpayers; not in the slightest.