Much ado about nothing

Bad Andy

gmill880

Well now thats he's elected and sworn in lets see what he can do. I too doubt many things will change Andy. As an American who gets up every morning and goes to work and pays my dues the thing I'm most dissapointed in right now is the immense amount of money , million and millions spent on this weekends events,concerts,etc. Yes , we get it, he's black and this is historical,but is that a good projection to make while people are losing jobs,homes,retirements and worrying about their lives. well, you may argue , a few million here or there won't matter. Well perception is in a big part reality. How many soup kitchens coulda been funded with that money,how many school books bought, how much more equipment bought for our nations police depts.--some where that wasted money could have fed the poor,educated the kids or possibly saved a officers or a soldiers life so don't tell me it dosn't matter , try telling that to those people or their families.......will someone help me off this soapbox.......

kuzi16

bangalohr

As far as spending money on frivilous celebrations, I don't like it. I do, however, believe that it's important to give people something to be excited about. We're in a slowing economy, we're in a war on 2 fronts, and people have lost faith in the office of the president. We're a country who idolizes celebrity. As much as I dislike it, I think it might be necessary to make one of our president.

phobicsquirrel

Well I think he'll get things on a good start. I'm not saying things will be completely different but I think he isn't a fan of how things have been either. I guess we will all see in about a year or two. I'm still pissed about the cigar tax though...

PuroFreak

I think today is a step back for America. I admit it is a huge deal to be the first black president, but the Office of the President is much larger than race! The fact that over $150 million was spent on this just shows the total contempt our political figures have for the American people. This is a bigger waste of money than the "Fail Out" package just on a smaller scale. In all seriousness a quick swearing in then a luncheon would have been more than enough for ANY president. This is a gross display of self gratification!

kuzi16

PuroFreak

urbino

madurofan

urbino

I'm sure they didn't. I wasn't talking about security for the inauguration itself. I'm sure that's taxpayer money. But I don't see how anybody can b-itch about that; the Secret Service, FBI, etc., order as much security as they think they need. Protecting the president costs what it costs. It's not anything of Obama's doing, and I'm virtually certain it's not in the $150m people are talking about for Obama's inauguration. That's for the celebrations, etc., that the Obama people planned, and most of it is for security.

madurofan

I'm not sure if its in the $150 million or not and I'm not blaming Obama. It more bothers me that they're laying off cops and cutting OT in one of the most crime riddled cities in all of the US BUT they can put the whole police force on duty for a celebration.

phobicsquirrel

urbino

dutyje

PuroFreak

kuzi16