Discussion: French President Hollande Criticized For $11,000 Monthly Haircut Budget

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French President Hollande Criticized For $11,000 Monthly Haircut Budget French President Hollande Criticized For $11,000 Monthly Haircut Budget Back to article
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Hollande, 61, is not known for having unusually difficult hair.

Or much hair at all for that matter.

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That barber must charge by the follicle.

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Wow!!! He must be paying for something other than a haircut.

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Makes Bill Clinton look like a pennypincher. (Anyone else remember HaircutGate?)

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That guy would do wonders for Trump !

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It’s not clear to me why the State has to pay for presidential haircuts. On the other hand, if he’s paying out of his own pocket, then I don’t really care.

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In my entire life, I don’t think I’ve spent $11,000 on haircuts.

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It’s long past time for Trump to release his barber receipts.

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I spend
$12.00 a month for haircuts…and I have more hair than Hollande.

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Beat me too it!

What’s he cut it, one strand at a time?

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Never heard of "super cuts’?

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But have you seen his former wife (ms Royal) and partners/lovers ?

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I thought that was John Edwards?

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It is not like it is Hollande himself, who is paying…

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Nope. From wikipedia (which is not authoritative, of course, but will do for an approximation):

On May 18, 1993, the Belgian-American hairstylist Cristophe Schatteman gave Clinton the $200 haircut while the plane was idling with engines running on the tarmac at Los Angeles Airport. Two runways were shut down for an hour. At the time, much of the US media reported that air traffic into and out of the airport was affected.[2] However, subsequent investigations using FAA records showed that no commercial airliners suffered delays, although an unscheduled air taxi had a delay of about two minutes.[3]

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This reads like an “Onion” article. “…not known for difficult hair…” LOL

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Oh, the horror!

See even then the “media” was in the bag for the gop.

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Hollande, 61, is not known for having unusually difficult hair.

  1. WTF does that even mean?
  2. Is this ridiculous expense coming out of his own pocket or the tax payer’s money? If it is his money, I don’t see why it’s anyone’s business…even if it is absurd.
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WTF does that even mean?

LOL, have you seen him ?

Is this ridiculous expense coming out of his own pocket?

No, Monsieur le President Hollande is a socialist, he doesn’t spend that sort of his own money for hair care…