Assumption - it is fair that Obama can go out and have a night out with the wife.
Analogy:
Would you expect the CEO of a large company to drive from Calgary to Toronto for a business meeting? It saves a lot of money right?
On the surface it looks that way...but the CEO's salary is fairly high...and he/she should be doing more important things than sitting around in a bus to get from point A to point B.
Come on man...he's the president of the United States. Just like with many high-level execs, when he travels he needs security...the price-point of his travel is high because it ensures that he gets where's he going to-and-from in a quick-orderly-safe manner.
And because he serves as a symbol of hope for a lot of Americans (whether or not that hope is misguided is another story), he goes out there to show everyone that things are alright and that they're going to get better.
How confident would you feel in your country, if your elected leader were to sit in his/her protected office 24/7 without ever leaving the safety of his secure perimeter?
And how about this... would it be cheaper for Obama to fly to New York for his show? Or to bring the show to him? What if he were to go economy class and gets killed by a psychotic-republican? Wouldn't the costs to the country be even higher?
So the President went to see a show...big deal; if the economy is such a big concern, shouldn't we be talking about GM and how as tax payers we're getting screwed out of several billions of dollars?
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