15. tanstaafl:
[Yet], in order to get things like universal health care and a revamped education system, then someone is going to have to give up a piece of their pie so that someone else can have more.”
Ok, Michelle, I suggest you set the bar by giving up the $540 tennis shoes, the sightseeing trips to Paris & London with the girls, the designer clothes, the personal makeup assistant…you get the drill.
“Your rock star husband can give up traveling about the planet, having made several apology tours already in just a few months of office, each of which costs millions maybe billions. (since we speak in trillions now, I guess that’s chump change)
“The whole notion of using federal powers to level some imaginary playing field according to Barack’s personal version of ‘fairness’ or levelling is, intrinsically, abhorrent.”
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Tell me about it. The Obamas seem happy to spend more money on shoes or a night out than many of us make in a week.
People who tell everyone else to sacrifice more and more while they live high on the hog don’t tend to last very long in power.
