“The 95 sports events (with hundreds of athletic teams) are more than double the number of Cabinet meetings [President George W.] Bush has held (45), more than quadruple the number of meetings he has had with Russia's Vladimir Putin (22). The 19 T-ball games he has held are more than twice the number of meetings he has had with China's Hu Jintao (nine). And the three dinners he has held in honor of professional baseball are nearly equal to the five state dinners he has hosted during his entire presidency.”
“Some expenses, though, haven’t changed: they still shell out for membership at a local country club ('the most modest one in town,' Tracey said); they rented a condo last summer on Block Island; and they continue to pay hundreds a month for soccer, skating, T-ball and karate lessons for the children. They afford these things by dipping into the savings Scott put away during the flush years.”
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