Wall Street fat cat drops $240G on road trip to watch Giants take on Packers

[no_hypocrisy]

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A Wall Street fat cat has paid a ridiculous $240,000 to fund a rolling party on wheels in a luxury packed RV that is making the 20 hour trek to Lambeau Field for Big Blue’s matchup against Green Bay tomorrow.

Joining the road trippers are two beautiful waitresses, a driver and even the executive chef at Old Homestead Steakhouse, which sold the trip.

Peter Serafin, 57, a married, Manhattan-born Green Bay Packer fan, is taking the trek with five diehard Giant fan pals. The crew is riding high on the hog with hundreds of pounds of prime beef, lobster, shrimp, caviar and enough booze to get an entire NFL team plastered.

“It’s exciting,” Serafin told The Post. “I can’t wait. I wish I was in Green Bay tailgating right now. It’s like a dream come true.”


Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/road_warriors_V1XUpQ18au76hnBSfRvDyK#ixzz1jRF7Xxsa

[MrScorpio]

1. Can we tax the shit out of these fuckers now? nt

[FreakinDJ]

2. Why is there Business Tax Dedutions for Compensation in excess of $1Million

Our whole tax system is based on a "Progressive Tax" yet Washington fails to acknowledge excessive executive compensation is a determent to the economy

[CanonRay]

3. What a great time for some bad infrastructure to fail

like a bridge while their RV is one it.

[trumad]

4. Old Homestead Steakhouse

My favorite steakhouse in NY.

[Ed Suspicious]

5. It's excessive, but look, I'd rather they spend their weath on shit like this than socking away

their money or buying up mortgage backed securities or oil futures. Bottom line is there's nothing wrong with rich people playing in the sand box as long as they aren't shoveling all the sand out of our box and into their own.

[FarCenter]

13. Its better than using it to buy some company and fire the workers

Here, some people are actually getting wages and a number of other businesses sold a lot of goods.

[Zalatix]

19. Holy smokes, thank you, guys. I'm getting SLAMMED for saying the exact same thing in another thread.

[Arkansas Granny]

27. It's definitely excessive, but this is the way their money gets back into the economy.

Someone is going to benefit from this. I wish they would spend even more.

[Frustratedlady]

6. Bad enough they brag about it...

but they are rubbing our noses in it. Time to tax the devil out of them and take some of that arrogance away.

What a waste of money, when so much could be done with it to benefit many more than this dork and his friends.

Meanwhile, back at the house...the girls are plotting their revenge. Tune in at 11:00.

[Scuba]

7. I'll look for the bus and post my 99% sign right adjacent to it with an --> Wall Street Fat Cat!

[maggiesfarmer]

10. that's not going to get you invited inside ;) n/t

[Scuba]

11. Not a problem....

... Our tailgate tradition is pretty much etched in stone anyway. The brats and trimmings already for tomorrow's departure.


I wouldn't want to associate with those guys anyway. I'll take my scruffy friends, thanks.

[no_hypocrisy]

9. On a related note, Versailles and the kingdom's wealth belonged to Louis XVI and

Marie Antoinette.

We're not discussing "enjoying their money" as much as insensitive ostentacious display of recreational spending to excess. Like the $5,000 chocolate sundaes sprinkled with gold dust while news stories that day announce new efforts to restrict food stamps or unemployment benefits.

[OmahaBlueDog]

18. Yes, but Louis (and by extension Marie) were the leaders of their impoverished nation

This is just a Wall Street type who wants to take his guy-friends on a road trip with top shelf booze and food, and some T & A. I agree it makes him look like a jerk, and I agree there are better ways to spend the money.

[Scuba]

12. I don't envy the wealthy, but I resent how some got that way, and I resent how others...

... use their wealth. Gold-dusted cupcakes when children are going hungry? C'mon man.

[GoCubsGo]

15. "The president took a 4.3 million dollar vacation"?

Really? When? Show us where you got that information, please.

[OmahaBlueDog]

17. Almost any vacation taken by any President adds up to a lot

Both parties use it as political fodder. Just firing up Air Force One and renting a place secluded enough to keep the President secure is a lot of money. That said, I could not find a $4.3 M vacation. I did find this from 2010:

Just consider these estimates on part of the costs of the latest Obama Hawaii trip:

* Mrs. Obama’s early flight to Hawaii: $63,000 (White House Dossier)

* Obama’s round trip flight to Hawaii: $1 million (GAO estimates)

* Housing in beachfront homes for Secret Service and Seals in Kailua ($1,200 a day for 14 days): $16,800

* Costs for White House staff staying at Moana Hotel: $134,400 ($400 per day for 24 staff) – excluding meals and other room costs

* Police overtime: $250,000 (2009 costs reported by Honolulu Police Department)

* Ambulance: $10,000 (City Spokesperson)

TOTAL COST: $1,474,200

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2010/12/president-and-family-multi-million-dollar-christmas-vacation-hawa#ixzz1jRwsrUju

(note: consider the source)

[GoCubsGo]

22. Thank you.

I understand that any time the President goes anywhere it costs lots of money. The cost of operating Air Force One comes with the territory, and one should not expect the President and his family to be prisoners in the White House for 4-8 years. That being said, I do not believe the "$4.3 million vacation" bullshit. Given the right-wing talking point and the low posting count of the person who made that claim, I suspect trollery. Just trying to give him a chance to prove me wrong.

[sarcasmo]

20. Funny stuff, you have had the right wing radio on a bit to long.

That 4.7 million dollar vacation is a right wing talking point.

[Fawke Em]

14. So the waitresses are being "sold" as though they were just

more of the products - like the caviar and booze?


Disgusting and something to take note of given the issues of sexism currently being discussed on DU.

[sylveste]

25. my guess

is the waitresses elected to go, probably be a fun trip for them.

[Fawke Em]

28. I'm sure, but they have to be "beautiful."

Not efficient. Not productive. Not male.

That's the sexist part.

[tabbycat31]

16. One problem I have with this article

Other than the context of course.

The drive time is totally inaccurate. I moved from the Jersey shore area to Green Bay in March and it took me 16 hours to get there (with an overnight stop).

[Hassin Bin Sober]

23. ...and how does that add up to $240k?

For a bunch of hamburgers and beer?

You could have a fukin' nice road trip for $100k.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

21. Oh, c'mon. He did it to create jobs and aid the poor.

[Shankapotomus]

24. Watching football & eating beef

and spending an exhorbitant amount of money doing it is his dream. Um, ok.

[Liberal_in_LA]

26. +100