Darth Vador Buses

The President just returned from a three state bus tour that looks a lot like an election campaign tour because he wanted to “connect with the people”. One of the features of this tour was the unveiling of a special built bus that is equipped with state of the art communications and security systems. In reality, there are two identical busses that were bought and paid for by the taxpaying public both, for some reason painted a glossy black. According to news reports each bus also cost in the neighborhood of 1.1 million dollars, and were built, not in the U.S., but in Canada.

Although each bus was tricked out by the Hemphill Brothers Coach Co, of Tennessee the basic buses were built by the Prevost Co. of Quebec and are listed as products of Canada in the legal documents. While I don’t deny that the Hemphill Brothers build a fine vehicle I can’t help wondering why importing the President’s ride from Canada can in any way create the jobs the President is talking about and do anything about reducing unemployment at home rather than over the border.

I wonder what the unions, whose support the President depends on think of this?