Posted on 09/09/2024 5:44:40 AM PDT by MtnClimber
With less than two months before the 2024 election, and just over four months until the next inauguration, Joe Biden has currently spent 40.3% of his presidency on vacation, more than any other president in history.
As Breitbart reports, the Republican National Committee (RNC) Research team posted a video on August 31st showing Biden relaxing in a chair on a Delaware beach.
“Biden spent today — his 16th straight day on vacation — lounging on the beach,” the post read. “He has spent a total of 532 days (40.3% of his presidency) on vacation. Who’s running the country?”
Biden has spent the last 16 consecutive days on vacation in Rehoboth Beach. The Economic Times even admitted that his extensive time off while serving as president “greatly surpasses that of his predecessors.”
“Former President Donald Trump spent about 26% of his presidency on personal trips, while Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama took vacations during approximately 11% of their two-term presidencies. Jimmy Carter, in his single term, took only 79 days off,” the article states.
Other vacations Biden has taken besides Delaware include Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, and Kiawah Island, North Carolina.
Biden has all but vanished from the public eye since he withdrew from the presidential race on July 21st, following widespread demands to do so after his disastrous debate performance against former President Donald Trump on June 27th. He subsequently endorsed his Vice President, Kamala Harris, to succeed him as the Democratic Party’s nominee.
A recent poll by CBS News and YouGov found that 72% of registered voters believe Biden no longer has the “mental” and “cognitive health” to continue serving as president.
And he spent 100% of his presidency senile.
“The problem is that it’s the people behind the scenes that no one votes for who are doing the “governing”.”
My impression is that the unelected who actually do the work of governing are comfy in their third-floor office. They hire contractors and pay them a lot of money to come up with the legislation to implement the communist utopia. Even those people aren’t ideologically driven to work fast. They get paid as long as it takes them to come up with the laws, rules and regulations to crush the middle class. These are all Starbucks ideologs. Fortunately, the Stalin level ideologs willing to work until they die of a heart attack are not elected to, hired into or contracted into office.
Brandon did not have the necessary skills to be President on the best day he ever had.
That is the critical question. Its my dream that Trump will get out something like this during the “debate”:
“VP Harris — you don’t admit a role in Biden’s failed policies, including outright disasters on immigration, inflation, foreign policy, national debt, and the economy overall. But Democrat insiders forced Biden out of the race because of his mental decline, something obvious even four years ago. Since you have been present as some sort of witness, please tell us: WHO has been running the US government for the past three and a half years? Biden has been on vacation 40.3% of his term, and mostly absent the rest. WHO is running the government today?”
It’s painfully obvious by now that Xiden isn’t even the one in charge, and never was. Commielaw was obviously calling the shots from day one.
Exactly.
What are these tax-salaried people doing while Joe and Jill vacay and snooze on the beach?
Biden’s Bloated White House Payroll Is Most Expensive In American History
By Adam Andrzejewski, forbes.com Contributor, Jul 1, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC - If the White House payroll is a leading indicator of the president’s commitment to expand government then taxpayers have a reason for concern. Projected four-year costs of Biden’s White House payroll could top $200 million. For comparison, inflation adjusted, the Trump administration spent $164.3 million (2017-2020) and the Obama administration spent $188.5 million (2009-2012).
Today, on July 1st, the Biden administration released the annual Report to Congress on White House Office Personnel. President Biden hired czars, expensive “fellows,” “assistants,” and spent on a much larger First Lady (FLOTUS) staff.
The payroll report included the name, status, salary and position title of all 567 White House employees costing taxpayers $49.6 million. (Search Biden’s White House payroll and Trump’s four years posted at OpenTheBooks.com.)
Since January, the Biden administration has quickly staffed up. Here are some key findings from our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com:-There are 190 more employees on White House staff under Biden than under Trump (377) and 80 more than under Obama (487) at this point in their respective presidencies.-$9.6 million increase in payroll spending vs. the Trump FY2017 payroll.
In 2017, the Trump White House spent $40 million for 377 employees, while the Biden payroll amounts to $49.6 million for 567 employees. All spending amounts are inflation adjusted. -Hires include 320 female staffers ($28.9 million salaries) vs. 240 male staffers ($20.8 million salaries).
In terms of top staffers — Special Assistants — there are 53 female ($6.3 million salaries) vs. 37 males ($4.4 million).-Currently, there are 12 staffers dedicated – at least in part – to Dr. Jill Biden vs. five staffers who served Melania Trump in her first year (FY2017).-
Counts of the “Assistants to the President” – the most trusted advisors to the president - are the same (22) in for the Biden administration and the Trump and Obama administrations. This year, these advisors make $180,000.
This year’s list of Biden key advisors includes names such as Ron Klain (Chief of Staff), Susan Rice (Domestic Policy Council), Jennifer Psaki (Press Secretary), and Kate Bedingfield (Communications Director), Mike Donilon (Senior Advisor), and Steve Ricchetti (Counselor). -
The most highly compensated White House Biden staffer? The top paid is Molly Groom ($185,656), Policy Advisor For Immigration, a crisis issue for the administration. The second highest paid is Elizabeth Hone ($183,164), Senior Policy Advisor For Broadband. The administration proposed $100 billion in government ownership of broadband.
First Ladies payroll at White House-staff counts in the first year.OPENTHEBOOKS.COM
Jill Biden has 12 staffers including press, communication, and advance trip directors; media coordinators and schedulers. There are senior advisors, and even a couple of social secretaries. Five of the employees also serve the president in some capacity. In 2009, former First Lady Michelle Obama faced criticism for her twenty-four assistants, advisors, aides, and social secretaries. Laura Bush had a staff of eighteen. In 2017, Melania Trump, in her first year, had a staff of five employees.
12 WH employees serve Jill Biden (five also serve the president
in some capacity) cost taxpayers $1.35 million and include:
Julissa Reynoso Pantaleon, Chief of Staff and WH Gender Policy co-chair ($180,000);
Elizabeth Alexander, Director of Communications ($155,000);
Carlos Elizondo, Social Secretary ($155,000) and Deputy Social Secretary, Liz Hart ($80,000)
Press Secretary, Michael LaRosa, $100,000
Special Initiative Czars———Starting in 2009, President Obama came under fire for hiring special initiative czars. From 2017-2020, we found no evidence of “czars” on Trump’s payroll. However, Biden has czar(ed) up – naming at least 21 czars to date, with plans to fill 55 positions. These include: National Climate Advisor Regina McCarthy ($180,000) and a Special Envoy for Climate, John Kerry – who is listed in press accounts, but doesn’t appear in the payroll data. Others include Jeff Zients ($36,000), the COVID-19 czar. Critics at Politico have already questioned, “How many czars does the Biden administration need?”
Starting in 2015, President Obama instituted a new fellowship – a White House Leadership Development program with an initial class of sixteen. During the Trump years, the program was dormant. On June 4th, Biden appointed 22 members to the fellowship program. None of these appear in the payroll disclosure.
Like most presidents, Joe Biden doesn’t donate his salary. Donald Trump was the first since John F. Kennedy to donate his pre-tax quarterly salary to government agencies. Following tradition, Dr. Jill Biden isn’t paid as First Lady. However, she is the 1st First Lady to maintain an outside income – her government salary as a community college professor at Northern Virginia Community College.
Although the White House personnel budget is an infinitesimal part of the $4+ trillion federal budget, it could be a leading indicator of Biden’s commitment to expand the size, scope, and power of the federal government. Note: we requested comment from the White House and will update the piece if there is a response. All inflation adjusted numbers cited use the US Inflation Calculator.
Further Reading:
Search the salaries of White House personnel (2017-2021), at link.
Trump’s Leaner WH 2020 Payroll Saved Taxpayers $23.5M Since 2017
Let’s go Brandon!
Let’s go Democrats!
Let’s go China!
Wait - it that a younger Peggy Bundy?!
She was always ‘easy on the eyes’ so to speak.
I could be wrong, but I think that picture is from “Blazing Saddles” and that’s Miss Stein. (Robin Hilton.)
To be honest, I don’t know how he got to be a US Senator, or how he lasted so long.
In his early years, he hung out with the racists on Capitol Hill, and made many racist comments and statements, but was never held accountable.
He lies worse than the Clintons, which I didn’t think possible.
And greedy beyond belief, and because of his age, he’ll still never be held accountable.
The entire political system has flipped, and democrats are now the wealthy elites, and their voters are becoming republicans.
How strange.
Biden no longer has the “mental” and “cognitive health” to continue serving.
Same for Harris
Biden no longer has the “mental” and “cognitive health” to continue serving.
Same for Harris
The Republic is safer with him on vacation.
/to paraphrase Mark Twain’s adage “The Republic is safe when Congress is NOT in session”.
That’s actually a good thing, Congress should do the same.
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