The Sexual Charges stemming from the Arrest of Mr. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who was, apparently, unceremoniously removed from the First Class Section of Air France just about as the Plane was about to pull away from the Departure Gate at JFK Airport, are something that the New York Authorities and Mr. Strauss-Kahn's Lawyer(s) are going to have to deal with.
As a Matter of Public Policy, however, some of the Questions arising from this Incident which this Writer has, are the Following:
§ As Head of the IMF and in charge of supervising, coordinating and solving financial Problems of immense Complexity with Public Funds, what was Mr. Strauss-Kahn doing flying Air France in First Class?
Would an Economy Class Ticket not have sufficed? OK, OK, so maybe he was tired (tired?) and headed for a Business Meeting the following Day; would not a Business Class Ticket have sufficed? Also, given that Mr. Strauss-Kahn was supposed to go and be at a Meeting in Germany, why would he have detoured via France and add to his Jet Lag?
§ What was Mr. Strauss-Kahn doing staying at the Sofitel Hotel in New York in a Suite for $ 3000.00 a Night? Would the Holiday Inn not have sufficed? Surely the Holiday Inn has a Business Centre. OK, OK, so maybe the Sofitel Hotel has French Speaking Staff which would make Things more convenient for Mr. Strauss-Kahn, although he knows English well enough; but the Sofitel has Regular Rooms, too, which are not shabby by any Stretch of the Imagination and the Sofitel has a Business Centre, too and it must be every bit as good and then some when compared to the one at the Holiday Inn!
§ Who is responsible for approving Mr. Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Expense Account?
§ Are the poor People of Greece supposed to sustain and pay for this Level of Expenses?
§ Are the poor People of Portugal, Spain, Ireland and Iceland, not to mention from a few other Countries as well, supposed to sustain and pay for this Level of Expenses?
§ Is the Government of the United States, or for that matter, the Governments of other Countries as well, some of which are going through horrendous Financial Constraints, with possibly more to come, suspposed to sustain and pay for this Level of Expenses?
§ Is there room in the Public Sector for 'Caviar Socialism' even though most people won't dispute that the Caviar on Air France in First Class is, may we be permitted to say, no doubt 'First Class?'
§ Is this Kind of Level of Expenditures which is attrributable to Mr. Strauss-Kahn an Aberration, or sypmtomatic, or better said, epidemic, of numerous public, quasi-public, publicly funded and Tax sheltered so called 'Public or International Aid and/or Charitable Organisations?'
§ As a Footnote, the one Organisation which apparently needs not be put under Scrutiny, for this Kind of Behaviour is The Salvation Army. According to the Information this Writer has (even though not confirmed), the Salvation Army, despite its reported US$ 14 Billion in Assets, has its People travel Economy Class.
As a Matter of Public Policy, however, some of the Questions arising from this Incident which this Writer has, are the Following:
§ As Head of the IMF and in charge of supervising, coordinating and solving financial Problems of immense Complexity with Public Funds, what was Mr. Strauss-Kahn doing flying Air France in First Class?
Would an Economy Class Ticket not have sufficed? OK, OK, so maybe he was tired (tired?) and headed for a Business Meeting the following Day; would not a Business Class Ticket have sufficed? Also, given that Mr. Strauss-Kahn was supposed to go and be at a Meeting in Germany, why would he have detoured via France and add to his Jet Lag?
§ What was Mr. Strauss-Kahn doing staying at the Sofitel Hotel in New York in a Suite for $ 3000.00 a Night? Would the Holiday Inn not have sufficed? Surely the Holiday Inn has a Business Centre. OK, OK, so maybe the Sofitel Hotel has French Speaking Staff which would make Things more convenient for Mr. Strauss-Kahn, although he knows English well enough; but the Sofitel has Regular Rooms, too, which are not shabby by any Stretch of the Imagination and the Sofitel has a Business Centre, too and it must be every bit as good and then some when compared to the one at the Holiday Inn!
§ Who is responsible for approving Mr. Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Expense Account?
§ Are the poor People of Greece supposed to sustain and pay for this Level of Expenses?
§ Are the poor People of Portugal, Spain, Ireland and Iceland, not to mention from a few other Countries as well, supposed to sustain and pay for this Level of Expenses?
§ Is the Government of the United States, or for that matter, the Governments of other Countries as well, some of which are going through horrendous Financial Constraints, with possibly more to come, suspposed to sustain and pay for this Level of Expenses?
§ Is there room in the Public Sector for 'Caviar Socialism' even though most people won't dispute that the Caviar on Air France in First Class is, may we be permitted to say, no doubt 'First Class?'
§ Is this Kind of Level of Expenditures which is attrributable to Mr. Strauss-Kahn an Aberration, or sypmtomatic, or better said, epidemic, of numerous public, quasi-public, publicly funded and Tax sheltered so called 'Public or International Aid and/or Charitable Organisations?'
§ As a Footnote, the one Organisation which apparently needs not be put under Scrutiny, for this Kind of Behaviour is The Salvation Army. According to the Information this Writer has (even though not confirmed), the Salvation Army, despite its reported US$ 14 Billion in Assets, has its People travel Economy Class.
