Let Them Eat Cake

We are living in a plutocracy of insanely-wealthy bankers and let-them-eat-cake governance … while, at the same time, the rest of us are pinching pennies to try to pay the taxes that support these lavish Washington lifestyles.  The governing class in this country is tone deaf to the need to cut back on their spending.  In fact, many of our brain-dead bureaucrats have said that government spending is not a problem.  It clearly is.

In early February, right before the federal government-spending sequestration took place, Vice President, Joe Biden, traveled to Europe with his wife, Jill, and his security staff for a 4-day trip with a modicum of official business.  There are few knowns about this trip (see: Neon Tommy) and many unknowns. We do know that he and his group went to Berlin, Munich, the German resort, Landstuhl, Paris and London.  We also know that this group stayed overnight in Munich (probably), Landstuhl, Paris and London … and it wasn’t cheap.  In Paris, it cost us taxpaying schlubs $585,000 for their one night stay at a five-star hotel (see: Weekly Standard Story) and, in London, they put us back $459, 387 for equivalent opulence (see: Weekly Standard Story).. Who knows what Munich and Landstuhl cost?  And this was just for lodging.  Add to this, transportation, meals, and, I would wager, lots and lots of other expensive extras.

Perhaps we could ask Good Ol’ Joe for a justifying trip report and a detailed expense account … showing what portion of these cost he was covering?  (HA HA)