bionicarm
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Originally Posted by Darthtang AW http:///t/387561/let-them-eat-peas#post_3411174
You don't get it. I am not irritated at just him for this. I know Bush took expensive vacations. All of congress and the Potus in the past 20 years have increased their lavish luxuries at the expense of the tax payer. That is the point. Asking everyone to make do with less, while stil;l adding to the deficit for their personal self worth or gain. It isn't just Obama, it is all of them. Just because the predecessors did it, doesn't make it right or justified. That is like Obama invading Syria and justifying it because Bush invaded Iraq. Even though you complained about Bush for invading Iraq. Just because the previous guy did it, doesn't make it right. IU seem to remember you complaining about Bush's vacations, the amount of them taken, and the cost. Yet here you are. defending the same action for Obama.
Darth (I see big Hypocrites) Tang
So Obama cqan't order the secret service to cancel them? He had no problem canceling the fighter jets that were ordered over a year ago. He had no problem canceling the missile defense system in place for Poland for a year. You are seriously arguing the President of the united states can't order the secret service to cancel orders?
What exactly can the President do then? Because apparently. he can't do anything according to you and is basically a paper figurehead.
Darth (took civics 101 and passed) Tang
The Secret Service has a budget just like every other department in Washington. The Transportation Dept. has a budget. Did purchasing these two buses exceed their annual budget for vehicle allocation? If so, then you're correct, they shuldn't have purchased them. I didn't check. The cost of these two buses could have been allocated during the last term of Bush. Knowing how far in advance the government works, it wouldn't surprise me. I suppose if Obama wanted to cut the Transportation budget when he first came into office, he could have. That's when he'd have had to do it in order to have the Transportation Dept. cancel the bus order. You ever pre-orered a vehicle and cancelled it at the last minute? They probably would've had to pay at least $500K just to cancel the order. Are you saying it' not necessary to adequately protect the POTUS when he travels? You want him to just ride around in some school bus with corrugated tin on the windows?
Besides, the buses will be used for YEARS after Obama has gone. How much does it cost to purchase and maintain 5 or 6 SUV's or other large vehicles that they would've had to get to replace these two buses?
Bionic (I guess if you call a 'D' passing, OK then.) Arm
Originally Posted by Darthtang AW http:///t/387561/let-them-eat-peas#post_3411174
You don't get it. I am not irritated at just him for this. I know Bush took expensive vacations. All of congress and the Potus in the past 20 years have increased their lavish luxuries at the expense of the tax payer. That is the point. Asking everyone to make do with less, while stil;l adding to the deficit for their personal self worth or gain. It isn't just Obama, it is all of them. Just because the predecessors did it, doesn't make it right or justified. That is like Obama invading Syria and justifying it because Bush invaded Iraq. Even though you complained about Bush for invading Iraq. Just because the previous guy did it, doesn't make it right. IU seem to remember you complaining about Bush's vacations, the amount of them taken, and the cost. Yet here you are. defending the same action for Obama.
Darth (I see big Hypocrites) Tang
So Obama cqan't order the secret service to cancel them? He had no problem canceling the fighter jets that were ordered over a year ago. He had no problem canceling the missile defense system in place for Poland for a year. You are seriously arguing the President of the united states can't order the secret service to cancel orders?
What exactly can the President do then? Because apparently. he can't do anything according to you and is basically a paper figurehead.
Darth (took civics 101 and passed) Tang
The Secret Service has a budget just like every other department in Washington. The Transportation Dept. has a budget. Did purchasing these two buses exceed their annual budget for vehicle allocation? If so, then you're correct, they shuldn't have purchased them. I didn't check. The cost of these two buses could have been allocated during the last term of Bush. Knowing how far in advance the government works, it wouldn't surprise me. I suppose if Obama wanted to cut the Transportation budget when he first came into office, he could have. That's when he'd have had to do it in order to have the Transportation Dept. cancel the bus order. You ever pre-orered a vehicle and cancelled it at the last minute? They probably would've had to pay at least $500K just to cancel the order. Are you saying it' not necessary to adequately protect the POTUS when he travels? You want him to just ride around in some school bus with corrugated tin on the windows?
Besides, the buses will be used for YEARS after Obama has gone. How much does it cost to purchase and maintain 5 or 6 SUV's or other large vehicles that they would've had to get to replace these two buses?
Bionic (I guess if you call a 'D' passing, OK then.) Arm
