Is Rick Perry Really Worth $3,000,000?? (yes, that's million) [View all]
Submitted by Carol Morgan on April 1, 2012 - 11:55am
When I read on Friday that Texas taxpayers were going to be on the hook for $3,000,000 for Rick Perry’s security detail in his unsuccessful run for the Presidency, I was outraged. And what’s more, I’m outraged that more Texans aren’t outraged.
In February, I mentioned the million dollar price tag for Perry’s foolish foray into national politics that embarrassed all of us and a commenter remarked that it was much ado about nothing; his campaign would pay for it.
Well, guess what, Kids? It’s not. Yes, that’s right. We are going to pay for it; you and me. After our legislators cut education to the bone and literally stole food out of the mouths of little children and senior citizens, Rick Perry’s “security” is paramount; it trumps the survival of us mere mortals. In Perry’s mind, he is the King of Texas, chosen by God, a prophet that no one understands. So much for state spending. It’s more important to fund his safety than to fund education and the health of 300,000 low-income women.
Perry’s bootlickers will argue that it is far less money than the President’s security detail, but that’s the President! He’s not some backwater moron who chose to run for President and failed! Rick Perry’s campaign money should pay for this trip into comicsville, not the Texas taxpayers.
You may read the gory details here: http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/2012-presidential-election/perry-security-costs-go-again/ and how the tab is certain to go even higher than the three million assessed so far.
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