To: President Donald Trump
Stop Weekend Trips to Mar a Lago
These weekend trips are costing up to $1.7m a weekend, and so far over $10m to taxpayers. Some businesses, like airplane hangars, are losing up to $30,000 a weekend because no one can fly or land their planes on their airstrips. The secret service and helicopter services feel overburdened and do not have enough manpower so people can get time off. This is misuse of power, in so many ways; it has to have limits put on it, NOW.
Why is this important?
Between Trump Tower in NY and Mar a Lago in FL, businesses in both states are suffering, hurting our economy. I do not think the Secret Service should be stretched this far, as the President and his family are not the only reason the Secret Service exists. I do not think we, the taxpayers, should be paying all the overtime, overpayment, for weekend vacations, when Camp David is available and I believe the Federal Government, if they don’t limit this gluttony, should pay any businesses losing more than $20,000 a week in business who know they are losing per their proven financial history. Trump should not be taking money away from people, he should be putting it in their pockets, per his campaign promises.