Obama – 10 pens to sign 1 document
It’s a tradition where the pens are distributed to members of congress or other special interests where the President feels a little kissing ass is due. There’s even an underground black market for the pens where costs are based on who used them and for what legislation. High Value presidents who used them for Groundbreaking legislation fetch the highest price.
In my investigation I was unable to get a clear answer as to whether the pens are donated to the federal government or whether the pens are purchased. Either way, at a time when every American is feeling the pinch of the dollar, it doesn’t look good for the President to appear wasteful.
For the President to use 10 pens to sign 1 document- reveals a lot about the man. Is the President out of touch with the people?
So? what’s wrong with that?? how many pens do you have at home? using 10 pens at a time, does not mean wasting them. he will keep using them till they are consumed. I guess you just want to have a story to talk about. before you criticize the president go criticize yourself first
The norm? Yes. Wasteful? Yes but nothing considering the rest of the money they waste. Every administration. If I ran my budget the way they do I would be living in a cardboard box. Just getting rid of the waste that is common sense would make a big difference but I doubt it will ever happen.
For the new Health Enslavement Bill – Mr. Obama DOUBLED the use of the pens. This time he used 20 pens.
Given his philosophy of DOUBLING every other spending program – should we even be surprised?
BTW – We have now confirmed that the cost of the pens comes in at $120 / box. Not a great sum of money, but cost is really not the point. It’s waste.