Peolpe have complained about all the past presidents--not just Obama. Don't get so
sensitive. DB

You people are pathetic. Vacation or not, it costs thousands of dollars to move POTUS around, no matter if it is DC, or MV. Take a look at how much any president ages after their term in office, trust me, he is not getting a vacation. criticize all you want, or just man up and run for office.

The huge debt was racked up by the previous president. Compare the incumbent's increased debt to his predecessor's increased debt. Do the math...

The rich should get taxed equally if not more than the middle class person. This country's GDP needs fixing. Cut spending and raise taxes. It is simple economics. GDP=Consumption+Investment+Government Expenditures+(Exports-Imports)

What happened to Camp David for Vacations? We are still paying to maintain that location aren't we?

I'm just saying people take vacation, it's not just an Obama thing.

People, get real, quit trying to blame the Prez for each and everything that comes along. Don't you get it? It isn't him,, it's us each and every one of us,, we are the ones that elect then re-elect Congressional members that squander our tax dollars and spend us into oblivian. The Prez does not and cannot enact even one cent of cost increase without Congressional approval. If your uncertain about that I suggest you pull your heads up out of the sand, and restudy your basic government course you had way back in highschool, look in the mirror people, their is the demon behind all of problems,, you don't like what's going on, then do something, vote out those that spend spend spend. Oh wait,, they are the ones that get your local freebies and enhancements to your state and communities,,,,,,face it, we want all of this for where we dwell and have others pay for it, we just don't want our neighboring states to have it,,,,,,

Man I go to work. True winner. Jeans skinny. Like Squidward.

I believe if you check your facts you'll discover the taxpayers only pay for official business. The president pays for anything else out of his own money. He receives a salery. And he pays for anything he wants from that salery...

Whatever happened to Camp David for a get-away? It was good enough for other presidents and probably cost a lot less to protect the president.
This POTUS is and has never been qualified to hold the office and proves it more and more everyday. We need to send him and his fraud wife back to wherever they came from before it's too late for America!

I thought his job as President pays him a salary and his salary pays for his vacation trips. You work, you save and you pay for your vacations. We have always taken care of our Presidents. It's just that we hear more about President Obama then of any other President. Our current situation we are in is due to over spending in Federal and State government agencies and in our personal lives. I know I worked for the State of Georgia for 28 years and I saw how they waisted tax dollars. The current Republicans in Congress current agenda is to make this President look bad and it doesn't matter at what cost to them. They don't even want to pay more in taxes when they know they can afford it. The rich get richer and the poor get poor. The way it keeps going there will no middle class. If the Republicans really want to help then why don't they vote for a pay cut.

I believe everyone should pay for their own vacation, that said, Why should taxpayers pay for the presidents. I could take 50 vacations on $50,000. I would love to travel all around the world and use lame excuses as to why I have to go there, as long as it is on someone elses dime. The lady was right, the other presidents mostly used Camp David or their own homes to vacation in and that didn't cost $50,000 a week. Our childrens grandchildren will be paying for the debt this president has run up. I was taught not to spend money you don't have, It is simple, stop giving money away to people who live off the government, other countries who hate us, someone elses wars, build orphanages for kids people have who can't afford them for the simple reason to get money from the government to support the whole family so they don't have to get a job. My mother in law lived in one until she was 18 and she went right to work and made a good life for herself. She donated to that orphanage for the rest of her life. They taught value of ones life and the love of god which she lived by. As long as there are handouts, there will be worthless people there to get them.

Funny how so many are so misinformed....the majority of the people in this country cannot see the decline of the US .... sad, sad, when will they take off their blinders and realize how much damage is being done RIGHT NOW, and stop trying to put the blame on any past administration...we need to work to get back up not CHANGE to watching the fall of our society. Look at what is happening NOW not pass the buck to bush, clinton, or any past president. The seriousness of the decline and fall of our ecomony is happening NOW .... start taking care of the elderly, get deadbeats off their butts and create jobs, take back what we so freely gave away with NAFTA.. Wake up America...before it is too late, and we are heading in that direction now. I pray God has mercy on us.

amen

Kala
I don't mind the first family taking a vacation. What I do mind is that he takes, his mother-in-law, friends, brother and family and the "immigrant aunt" that is still taking from the Government. I do not have money to go on vacation and waste all the fuel that people are supposed to be conserving. Stay at the White House. You can vacation there. You won't be close to boutiques for Mitchelle, but the designers can come to the white house. Garden, healthy eating, go to .......she pays $1000 plus for tennis shoes!!!!!

I have a prayer request. There's a lady I've known forever. She's very sick. On top of that, she's being abused by those she has given everything to. Lies about her abound, and seem to come from all sides. Just breaks my heart. Seems there's nothing I can do alone. But maybe, if we join in and we can lift her up. She's well over 200 years old, but way too young to die. Her name is America... and I love her.

I am so glad that my money is being used to pay so much for a vacation for someone, cause I know I can't afford one for myself!

I am so glad that someone is using my money to go on a vacation, because I sure can't afford to take one myself

Does anybody realize that everything has to do with the money that's being spent right now? Yes the past pres. Went on vaca's blah blah blah. But Obama is the one that's suppose to step up to plate & NOT do the same things the past presidents have done! I'm sorry their poor little vacation house caught fire! But come one 50K for rent for one week! That's just ridiculous! That's almost double what I make in a freaking year! And no I do not get benefits from any government program, and I'm raising 2 small children on my wages by myself!! With no hand outs! If I can do it, & still struggle to survive, so can anybody else. And with the "bad economy" it hasn't even effected me cause I've been living the same way for 7yrs. And Sheila, it has absolutely nothing to do with his race! (Which by the way, he's not just "black") I have black in me & I don't like him either! That's the only reason he was voted in to begin with! Had nothing to do with his education or his abilities as a pres. Black people that had NEVER voted before registered to vote just for him. Now in a way, that doesn't seem like people really cared if he was qualified or not!

Can't wait to vote in 2012!! Throw the BUMS out!!!!!

I voted for Obama in 2008 to prove that I am not a racsist. In 2012 I am voting for someone else to prove that I am not stupid.

The American people aren't taking vacations anymore except maybe in their own back yards grilling out. My sister was lucky enough to go to Alaska on vacation a month ago and she said you hardly see any Americans out and about, mostly people from, Japan, China and Arabs. We don't have money for that anymore. Instead of OB spending all that money to rent that place he'd better start saving it back because I think he's going to need it when he gets voted out of office.

He has a lot of nerve telling us there have to be cut backs and threatening the seniors on SS. Then he has the gall to bother our fighting men and women and their families with the fear of no paychecks, I'm sure they have enough to worry about and at the same time he lives high on the hog while he expects his people to give up things. He thinks he's a king. It makes me sick to see how he and his family squander their ill gotten paycheck. He should be fired like anyone else for not doing his job properly.

When Bush spent most art of his presidency on vacation or at Camp David flying back and forth, nothing was heard from Repubs about the cost. If Obama used Camp David , Repubs would complain about it. Because they rarely use it, Repubs complain about that also. The Obamas have made it a point to use their own funds for their vacations. Would you prefer that the President buy a ticket and fly commercial leaving the Secret Service home or never go on a vacation? One deluded Republ posted that Clinton left Bush with a 6 trillion dollar debt (excuse me, I believe that it was a surplus that Bush inherited from Clinton). Now you want to ignore Bush's ravaging of the country's economy for eight years and complain that Obama caused us to now have a 9 trillion dollar debt. Repubs try to pretend that Bush and his war buddies did not slash, burn and rape the country's coffers to get obscenely rich off an offensive war. There are very few wealthy Repubs that don't have some type of sommer home. Obama has a summer home and deserves a vacation like everybody else in this country. Everything the President does doesn't come out of the taxpayers' pockets. In reading these posts, it really amazes me just how sick and insane Repubs have become. I can understand wealthy Repubs that operate only on greed and power, but I can't understand the working or middle class Repubs that continue to back Repub policies (messing with Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid) that also hurt them.

Only us the american people can make the change - make your vote count in 2012 -
I think we need to be taking care of our american poor before sending money overseas - and quit handing out benefit for people that are qualified to work just dont because of the money they can receive from the state

You guys are such idiots. Have you all forgot that all presidents recieve paychecks? They can afford to take trips just like anyone else. People need to stop blaming everyone for some of their own faults. I think if people lived within their means and learned the value of a dollar from day one, they too can take vacations

Why is this news? WHY?????????????????

God bless all of you who are speaking up! This president is unlike any I have ever seen. He is waging economic jihad against America. He wants us all on food stamps and welfare. He is a proponent of a One World Government and wants to see the great USA humbled. He is not even a citizen, judging by the fact that he been using a stolen Social Security number, never registered with the Selective Service Board (a fraudulent 2008 form has appeared, however), and all of these phony birth certificates. All of this will come out after he's gone, but where will America be?

$50,000.00 is more than I make in a year and a half, yet he blows that in one week? Doesn't look like Obummer is eating his PEAS, more like CAVIAR and expensive CHAMPAGNE!

Of course Chelsea Clinton's wedding was paid by all of us...

Sheila Hill
You were all over the place with your blame for everyone but Obama. Using race against whites while blaming them for being racist! Obama did not even win the Primary Election against Hillary Clinton, so he has no right to be in the White Houise, even though Bilderberg was able to pull off the collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac(which was I believe was created to throw the race) McCain was ahead until this housing crisis conveniently happened. I don't care what color a President is, I just care about his intentions, and they aren't good. by the way check out just what a vacation for the Obama's really costs the taxpayers.

Rich people can't cook. A good example is this unintentional, yet ignorant, fiasco. Most of us would be concerned about using up gas and would automatically shut it down for money saving reasons. Rich idiots like these, of course, wouldn't concern themselves with such a mundane matter. Pocket change. Humph! Let the peasants shut it off!

Sheila-You are playing the race card while condemning whites for being racists. Listen to Nancy goodwin and Mary Andries they are on to him. He is using the blacks, hispanics, Unions and every other group he can. Why don't you check out Bilderbergers and you will flip out. Obama probably never attended a meeting but you can bet you britches Tim Geithner did. They will probably get him into office again because they can buy votes, steal votes, rough up for votes, bus people to several different locations to vote over and over again, and every thing else you can imagine, but they need him in for four more years to completely destroy the U.S. HE IS A CREATED CANDIDATE TO DO JUST WHAT HE IS DOING!

Does this moron have an idea what the American citizens are going through due to what he alone has done to this country since taking office? I think he knows and just doesn't care. How come people complained constantly about Bush going to Camp David but it seems ok for Obama to waste tons of money taking lavish vacations which, yes, does cost the American taxpayers money. ( air-force one, secret service etc) If you did a lousy job at work you would be fired. He does a lousy job and some still foolish are trying to protect him. Wake up or we will have this clown still in the white house come 2012

Make it a Law that you have to wait 15 days before lighting an out door cooking grill, better known by the peeons as a Barbi-Q!!

I don't understand something. We have seen how people in other countries have revolted and overthrown or are in the process of overthrowing their leaders because they are tired of the way things are going. Why isn't something like this happening here? You may say because it's a more civilized democratic society but that doesn't really hold water. The people here are just mad enough and I think if OB gets re-elected there may be a revolution here in this country.

Damn those "summer people"

Let's see what is the total number of vacations our First Family has taken this year! Now $50,000 for a week's vacation. Following this vacation I expect the First Lady will appear in one of her $49.99 dresses to show us how to economize in this economy.

Geez - demonrats have had the WH for 2 1/2 years and they still blame GWB. If B.O. (yea, that's right 'bad odor') can't handle the job, he shouldn't of taken it in the first place. Once you relieve your predecessor, it's yours - does no good to blame the past because you can't change it.

I just happened upon this site and am absolutely shocked by the ignorance and racism. Obama is the best president we've had in a long time although he inherited an extremely bad situation - just for starters, two wars in foreign places. Can't you people read? count? think??

I can wait for the Barack H. Obama movie to come out on OCTOBER 12, 2012! Now let me see, why does that make me feel a little uneasy ? Oh that's right it's a few weeks before the presidential election. I hate Barack, Michele, Hollywood, and the corrupt lame stream media. A journalist's job is to protect the people against a corrupt government. (I would like to remind you we have one now) I said hate and I never use that word, but I am watching my wonderful country deteriorate some everyday since this commi has been in office. I too believe like Sarah this is not human errors, but all this mess is done by design. These are all very scary people that do not have our best interest in mind. All about power. We will never change anything unless we get term limits. No pensions for these fools after 1 term. Wish I could find a job that guarantees me a pension after 6 years! Sweet! Great just heard the "GOVERNMENT IS TAKING CONTROL OF REPOSSESSED HOMES THAT ARE OWNED BY GOVERNMENT OWNED BANKS! PLANS ARE TO TAKE THE HOMES OWNED BY FANNIE AND FREDDIE AND TURN THEM INTO RENTAL PROPERTIES!" Anyone that does not believe he is a socialist/communists is naieve. Are there tidal waves in Martha's Vinyard? (relax just kidding! :-))lol

$50,000 a week in 2009 just to rent??? Hell I bought a condo for half that, BOUGHT IT!! This President really knows how to relate to Joe the Plumber allrightie.

As he goes off on his one hundreth vacation of the year, "EAT YOUR PEAS" !

To all those saying you can't take a 50K vacation like Obama, you're right! You're not rich, the average American isn't, and never will be. Obama was wealthy before he was elected. He can afford it. Stop voting for policy that helps those in a position that you will likely never be in. You all have been sold an ideology that I should protect the views of the affluent, just in case I get there one day. You won't get there. Vote for policy that is for the betterment of the US people. Like unemployment extension, rich people don't need that so they cast it down, but those of you on this site commenting will need it if you become unemployed, so why vote against it because some fool in a suit tells you it costs you so much. Voting for Medicare cuts work against you not for you! Voting for any type of tax cap on the rich works against you not for you! Wake up! Vote for the issues that affect you not the ones that some dummy screaming on a news site tells you is the right thing for the American people. You think they sound so passionate, they do but it's not because they want to protect America, they want to protect what's in their wallets, not your wallets. Get a grip on reality.

And SN, all those who say oh Obama is dining on my dime, let's just say you make upwards of 50k a year, you would pay, with no dependents and no deductions at tax season, even though this isn't the case for most working Americans, upwards of 15K for federal, state, FICA,SS , whatever. GOP'ers must not be that good at math, looks like you fell way short of paying for this vacation you all are griping about paying for.

Huh. Your math only works if there is only one taxpayer and Obama pays for the rest of the costs of his vacation. I must be horrible at math because I always thought that anything the Federal Government paid for came out of taxpayer money or borrowings which theoretically will be paid back with taxpayer money. So you're saying that if the White House chef makes more than I pay in taxes, then taxes don't pay his salary. Please explain in terms that my simple mind can grasp. I don't understand your math.

casjane, I do not believe that Mrs. Clinton picks up after The Big MO.

Mary, He dosent deserve a paycheck let alone an all expense paid luxury vacation for himself and his brood. 2012 cannot come soon enough. Time to elect a president who possesses leadership qualties..........SAVE AMERICA..........NOBAMA2012.

"Bar Stool Economics
1. Bar Stool EconomicsDavidR.Karerschen,PhD Professor of EconomicsUniversity of Georgia
2. Partying and Payment
* 10 Men go to a bar to drink some beer
* The tab for all 10 = $100
* They are good friends and
* decide to allocate payment
* For the bill based on
* Current US tax law (2008).
3. Payment of the Beer Tab
* Under the current tax law the payment for the tab would be:
* 1-4 would pay $0
* The 5 th man would pay $1
* The 6 th man would pay $3
* The 7 th man would pay $7
* The 8 th man would pay $12
* The 9 th man would pay $18
* The 10 th man would pay $59
4. Happy with Allocation
* All of the men are happy with the situation. It accounts for the financial ability for all. All agree to the terms that the situation presents.
5. Reduction in the Bar Tab
* After a period of time, the bar owner is quite happy with the situation and announces that there will be a 20% reduction in their total bar tab.

6. How to Share the Savings?
* The men agreed to pay their bill the same way that they were paying previously.* Men 1-4 continued to drink for free
* But a dispute arose as to how to share the windfall of the 20% reduction of he bar tab.
7. Fair Share???
* Since 6 men paid for the entire bar tab, they realized that the $20 dollar savings should be divided equally.This would result in a reduction of $3.33 per person
* This would result in the 5 th and 6 th man being PAID to drink beer.That is not exactly fair.
8. Possible Solution?
* The bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man’s bill by roughly the same percentage amount that and calculated the following bill tab for each;
9. A Solution with Savings?
* Men 1-4 would continue to pay ZERO
* The 5 th man, like the first 4 would pay ZERO,(a 100% savings) * The 6 th man would pay $2 instead of $3 a 33% savings)
* The 7 th man would pay $5 instead of $(a 28% savings)
* The 8 th man would pay $9 instead of $12 (a 25% savings)
* The 9 th man would pay $14 instead of $18 (a 22% savings)

10. Value to each person?
* The 10th man would now pay $49 instead of $59 (a savings of 16% - the lowest savings of all the men)
* All six paying men are better off than before the discount in the bar tab. * The first 4 men continued to drink for FREE.
11. Better Off Discussion?
* Once outside the restaurant the men began to compare their savings.
* “ I only got a dollar out of the $20 savings”, the sixth man pointed out. He points to the 10 th man and says “but he got $10”.
* “ Yeah, that is right” said the 5 th man, “I only saved a dollar too. It is unfair that he got 10 times more than me!”.

12. Better off???
* That is true, shouted the 7 th man. Why should he get $10 back when I got only $2? The wealthy get all of the breaks!”
* “ Wait a minute”, the first 4 men yelled. “We did not get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!”
13. Populist Response
* The nine men surrounded the 10 th and beat him up.
14. New Outcome?
* The next night the 10 th man didn't show up for drinks, so the 9 men sat down and had their beers without him.
* But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important. They didn’t have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill.
15. This is the current US Tax Code
* Ahh… that boys, and girls, journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction.
* Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy and they may just not show up anymore.
* In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.

Thank you for that input! When you do not have income, you pay no tax. Therefore any tax increase does not affect you, and you can continue with your entitlement attitude. If you have gone to school, worked hard, earn a good living, you are forced to pay taxes in order to support those who do not work. Talk about resentment. If you want to live for free, please go somewhere else, I understand the Palestinians are always looking for other folks to join them in mooching off of host countries. The wealthy pay taxes, and those who make a modest wage do so as well. Those who complain the loudest about not having programs are usually the people who have learned how to milk the system instead of working to better themselves. Well people, the cow has gone dry. Complain all you want, but during the depression people would travel across the country for the hopes of a job. That would never happen now! Can you imagine these people digging out the Panama Canal by hand now? They would be too busy complaining racial injustice. Get off the pitty pot. The American way is to work hard and success will find you. Dont complain because your satellite on your section 8 housing is not working. If you cannot afford to feed yourself why should I provide you with cable or satellite. Why should you have a cell phone? What are you teaching your children? Oh thats right, you are not. You expect the teachers to do all of your dirty work. Take some responsibility.

Obama has a do as I say, not as I do attitude! Eat your peas!

Most of you are incredibly shortsighted and blinded by the hatred that has divided this country. Our current troubled situation lies at the feet of every president and Congress since the '50s. The U.S. started SPENDING without an eye toward the future. We were the best, the strongest, the richest, and spending (supposedly) was what took us toward those goals. The CONGRESS is mostly to blame for this mess - we ELECT our Congressmen and Senators to represent us in government, yet you all criticize the President, who is one human being. The salaries, expense accounts, health insurance plans & pensions for all U.S. Congressmen is outrageous. Just yesterday Congressman Eric Cantor of NY (the guy who's been all over the news blocking the budget talks) was in Edgartown buying a dozen cupcakes(not peas) and then he left the building and got into a white SUV with a FOUR-PERSON SECURITY DETAIL. And how much do you think that cost? Then multiply it by every member of Congress and THEN complain about Obama's lifestyle. I would love for just one of you (I would decline, thank you) to stand in the shoes of any American president for two days running - and then let us know if this guy doesn't deserve one ten-day respite a year. By the way, Obama is NOT on a real "vacation" while he's here - he is constantly working except for the few excursions he takes with his family which are spread all over the media and make it seem like he's living the life. Pathetic how divided we are.