It has always disturbed me that after begging for millions of dollars in order to get a 4 to 8 year job position with pay, benefits, and the most extravagant pension for which a person might ever ask, we see so many days of vacation and/or fund raising. It has gotten worse over the decades, and I understand the job of President is stressful, HOWEVER…All of these men ASKED, even BEGGED, for this job. They PROMISED to WORK for the American people. IF the economy was good, if Americans were happily involved with jobs or other projects, if the world political situation wasn’t so dire, if our Veterans weren’t being ignored and set aside, if legitimate concerns about disease, climate change, immigration, education, et al, were being dealt with or even settled… then I say, God Bless Them. Golf, fish, clear firewood, go horseback riding, sailing, or whatever else you want. But if you’re the fire chief and the city’s on fire, you don’t go golfing. If you’re the General, and your soldiers are in harms way, you don’t go fishing. If you’re the ‘boss’, and the factory is in disrepair and going bankrupt, you don’t take vacation.You just don’t.I know other Presidents have done the same. This President promised us change. We need a new precedent. How many vacation days did Lincoln take? The Roosevelt’s, T and FD?A working vacation where work is ACCOMPLISHED is one thing, but to just relax with so much tension was wrong in pass administrations and is wrong now.Respectfully,C.
It has always disturbed me that after begging for millions of dollars in order to get a 4 to 8 year job position with pay, benefits, and the most extravagant pension for which a person might ever ask, we see so many days of vacation and/or fund raising. It has gotten worse over the decades, and I understand the job of President is stressful, HOWEVER…All of these men ASKED, even BEGGED, for this job. They PROMISED to WORK for the American people. IF the economy was good, if Americans were happily involved with jobs or other projects, if the world political situation wasn’t so dire, if our Veterans weren’t being ignored and set aside, if legitimate concerns about disease, climate change, immigration, education, et al, were being dealt with or even settled… then I say, God Bless Them. Golf, fish, clear firewood, go horseback riding, sailing, or whatever else you want. But if you’re the fire chief and the city’s on fire, you don’t go golfing. If you’re the General, and your soldiers are in harms way, you don’t go fishing. If you’re the ‘boss’, and the factory is in disrepair and going bankrupt, you don’t take vacation.You just don’t.I know other Presidents have done the same. This President promised us change. We need a new precedent. How many vacation days did Lincoln take? The Roosevelt’s, T and FD?A working vacation where work is ACCOMPLISHED is one thing, but to just relax with so much tension was wrong in pass administrations and is wrong now.Respectfully,C.