Let them eat cake

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Friday, August 19, 2011



Let them eat cake



Martha's Vineyard is the vacation hotspot for the privileged and wealthy. Movie stars, politicians, millionaire TV personalities and liberal journalists roost there during the summer. The normal population of about 16,000 can swell to over 75,000 people in the summer. The Vineyard Gazette Online reports that the cost of living on the island is 60% higher than the national average, and housing prices are 96% higher than the national average. These are the very people that political leftists decry do not pay their fair share of taxes when they play the class warfare card and want the less fortunate to believe they care. So why is it that the president, who loathes the rich so much, is taking an 11 day vacation there?



The "first family" is hanging out at the Blue Heron Farm, renting for between $35,000 and $50,000 a week. The president's vacation will be far more expensive when accounting for the entourage of secret service, chefs, servants, and others. But the family will have a great time. ABC News reports the property features a five-bedroom main house, a Cape Cod guest house, swimming pool and a half-court basketball court. The family will have their pick of activities ranging from kayaking on the West Tisbury Great Pond to a simple game of horseshoes. And golf is not far away for the president who as of March had golfed over 60 times since taking office--that's two months of his presidency spent on the golf course.



The national unemployment rate is 9.1% and that does not take into account all those who have essentially given up on finding a job. Counting those folks brings the rate up to about 20%. Reports released this week indicate that 20% of America's children now live in poverty. Homelessness is on the rise, reaching record numbers in places like Portland, Oregon. First time homelessness is on the rise across the nation as "economic refugees", as they call them, are moving across the country seeking work. By all market indications, the US is headed into another, deeper recession. Food prices are rapidly increasing. Home foreclosures are so prevalent, the government is considering renting them, but to who?



Jesus said in Matthew 7:15, 16, "Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits." While the president is not a prophet in the traditional sense, we can know him by what he does rather than by what he says. He says the rich don't pay their fair share. I wonder while he is up there in Martha's Vineyard rubbing elbows with the rich and famous, if he will be asking them to pay their fair share. I also wonder why he is taking a vacation at a time when most Americans are having a hard time keeping a roof over their head and food on the table. Its like fiddling while Rome burns, or royalty saying "let them eat cake" in the midst of a famine.




Have a Blessed and Powerful Day!

Bill Wilson