In case it is true,it reflects a lot on the political system in
USA and India
`'''On January 20, immediately after Donald Trump’s inauguration, the Obama
family moved to a rented apartment after spending eight years at the White
House. The Obamas don't own a house till date. Also, Obama paid for groceries
from toothpaste to toilet papers and dry cleaning from his own pocket. Even the
family vacation was not free. Similarly, after the ceremony, Joe Biden, Obama’s
deputy, carrying his own brief case, took the
famous Amtrak Acela Express train to get back to his hometown Wilmington. Poor
people! Aren’t they?
Incredible examples of personal integrity by two highest ranking
office holders of the sole superpower; Biden held public office for 43 years
following his first election to the Senate at 29. Nearly 35 years in the Senate
and eight years as the Vice President yet he couldn’t afford to pay for the
expensive cancer treatment of his son anymore. And who was the son? The
Attorney General of his State of Delaware. He also had been an Iraq war veteran
before becoming the Attorney General. But the cancer treatment ate up all his
savings. Then came his father to the rescue. But even that was not enough. And
just when he planned to offer his house for sale to mobilise funding for the
son’s treatment, President Obama loaned him funds from his personal savings to
prevent him from selling his home. Biden himself recounted this before a TV
audience with tearful eyes. Unfortunately the son died but not after the father
had given all his best.
Neither
Obama nor Biden boast tonnes of money, multiple houses and fleet of cars,
escorted by massive security after all these years at top posts. And with heads
held high, they walk out of their official residences to rented homes and
public transport. The less said the better about politicians in India.
CA Rajiv Arora Amritsar
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