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yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts)
Mon Apr 3, 2017, 12:56 AM Apr 2017

Melamia, move to the White House or personally pay for your New York City security

“The U.S. taxpayer is paying an exorbitant amount of money to protect the First Lady in Trump Tower, located in New York City,” the petition reads. “As to help relieve the national debt, this expense yields no positive results for the nation and should be cut from being funded.”

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/petition-about-melania-trump-continues-to-surge-in-popularity/ar-BBzePME?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartanntp

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Melamia, move to the White House or personally pay for your New York City security (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper Apr 2017 OP
can you imagine if this was Obama FAmily JI7 Apr 2017 #1
Yes! I am getting sick of my NYC tax dollars going to protect her. hrmjustin Apr 2017 #2
People are wasting their time Renew Deal Apr 2017 #3
Actually it's the zentrum Apr 2017 #4
It's something that nobody has the power to do anything about Renew Deal Apr 2017 #6
It's the hypocrisy of the whole thing. Tax money for her security YOHABLO Apr 2017 #5

JI7

(89,262 posts)
1. can you imagine if this was Obama FAmily
Mon Apr 3, 2017, 12:58 AM
Apr 2017

the fucked up media would be covering it and outraged over it also . and asking every fucking democrat whether it's fair americans are paying for this.

zentrum

(9,865 posts)
4. Actually it's the
Mon Apr 3, 2017, 02:15 AM
Apr 2017

…kind of story-cum-scandal that newspapers love. Especially New York City dailies.

And has huge symbolic power. Which is very important in politics.

It reveals the T-family living and behaving like royalty.

Even their followers don't like paying taxes for this kind of thing.

Renew Deal

(81,870 posts)
6. It's something that nobody has the power to do anything about
Mon Apr 3, 2017, 07:04 AM
Apr 2017

And it never looks good attacking wives and children.

 

YOHABLO

(7,358 posts)
5. It's the hypocrisy of the whole thing. Tax money for her security
Mon Apr 3, 2017, 03:24 AM
Apr 2017

tax money for security down in FL? Yet they have no problems with cutting Medicaid and Medicare expenditures? They would rather allow people to die than jeopardize the security Of Melania in her Golden Tower? What is this some kind of feudal bullshit system we've got going on here?

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