In a world where Politicians continue to lose touch with reality, President Obama attended a fundraising dinner yesterday at the home of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg where donors got to dine with the President for $35,800 a plate. Oh yeah, they also got to see Lady Gaga.
I would bet this is not your typical Sunday evening event for most Americans. In fact, I don’t think the unemployed factory worker in Ohio, the unemployed teacher from Florida. or the unemployed computer programmer in California gets invited to attend these type of dinners.
I also don’t believe the dinner conversation had anything to do with helping any of them. They probably didn’t dwell on the fact that the unemployment rate is presently at 9.1% in Ohio, 10.7% in Florida, and 12.1% in California. Too depressing for an upbeat fundraiser.
This whole Sandberg affair reminds me of the famous quotation attributed to Queen Marie Antoinette upon learning that the peasants didn’t have enough to eat. “Let them eat cake,” she replied. The irony of that quote was that she really said “let them eat brioche” not knowing that peasants ate less expensive, plain bread.
At $35,800 a plate, I doubt if President Obama or his friends know what we have to eat everyday.
