IT WOULD SEEM THAT WE HAVE OUR OWN 'ROYAL FAMILY'…WHO KNEW?

I'm not sure how many of you will be as shocked as I was when I heard this, and maybe some of you will even think that he is deserving of such an extravagance, but last year taxpayers spent $1.4 billion on Barry "Almighty" and family last year. Now just to put that in perspective, British taxpayers shucked out a mere $57.8 million on their royal family. That amount covered everything from staffing, housing, flying and entertaining Barry and his family last year, that according to the author of a new book on taxpayer-funded presidential perks. Now to be honest here, Barry isn’t the only president to have taken advantage of the expensive trappings of his office. But what I'm sure will come as no surprise to anyone to has been keeping track of the many vacations and golf outings, the amount of money spent has risen tremendously under Barry's administration and needs to be reined in.

Robert Keith Gray’s new book, "Presidential Perks Gone Royal", takes a long hard look at the taxpayer money being spent by Barry. Gray writes that while other presidents have enjoyed, or taken advantage of, ‘presidential perks,’ Barry has recorded record high amounts, factoring in the cost of the biggest staff in history at the highest wages ever, a 50 percent increase in the numbers of appointed czars and an Air Force One running with all the frequency of a scheduled air line. "The most concerning thing, I think, is the use of taxpayer funds to actually abet his re-election," said Gray, who worked in the Eisenhower administration and for other Republican presidents. He added that, "The press has been so slow in picking up on this extraordinary increase in the president’s expenses." Of course the press is ignoring this. They're not going to anything that might jeopardize Barry re-election.

The book also questions the use of Air Force Barry’s "political trips." It’s not uncommon for an acting president to combine official business with a campaign stop, but according to the book, Barry has been using Air Force One with the regularity of a commercial airline. Gray also questions if it’s fair for the incumbent president to have such an advantage in an election year. All this is just another indication of how Barry is thoroughly enjoying all of the perks of being president and how he really has no interest in the day to day requirements that are part of the job description. As far as I'm concerned he's just another lazy, overpaid and underworked individual who thinks the rules don't apply to him, and who possesses none of the actual qualifications for the job that he holds. There is only one reason he is where he is, and I think we all know what that is.