 | Number of Federally-owned Limousine up 73% under ObamaScotty Starnes | May 31, 2011 at 8:55 PM | Tags: limousine, limousine liberals, President Obama | Categories: Political Issues | URL: http://wp.me/pvnFC-5lU |
Giving a whole new meaning limousine liberals. Brought to the taxpayers by Mmm, Mmm, Mmm Barack Hussein Obama.
iWatchNews.org reports:
Limousines, the very symbol of wealth and excess, are usually the domain of corporate executives and the rich. But the number of limos owned by Uncle Sam increased by 73 percent during the first two years of the Obama administration, according to an analysis of records by iWatch News.
Most of the increase was recorded in Hillary Clinton's State Department.
Government goons getting to ride in style and giving the taxpayers the bill. What happened to Obama's comment that everyone has to have skin in the game. Stop spending money on limos.
Obama administration officials said most of the increase reflects an enhanced effort to protect diplomats and other government officials in a dangerous world. But a watchdog group says the abundance of limos sends the wrong message in the midst of a budget crisis. The increase in limos comes to light on the heels of an executive order from President Obama last week that charges agencies to increase the fuel efficiency of their fleets.
As we have come to learn, anything Obama says has an expiration date.
According to General Services Administration data , the number of limousines in the federal fleet increased from 238 in fiscal 2008, the last year of the George W. Bush administration, to 412 in 2010. Much of the 73 percent increase—111 of the 174 additional limos—took place in fiscal 2009, more than eight months of which corresponded with Obama's first year in office. However, some of those purchases could reflect requests made by the Bush administration during an appropriations process that would have begun in the spring of 2008.
From 2007, Democrats have controlled government spending. Have to point that out because many on the left are void of civics.
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