obamas-the-most-expensive-ex-president-for-taxpayers
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Anonymous
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WE need to remove secret service protection..
Ex-President Barack Obama will be the costliest former commander-in-chief, with taxpayers shelling out $1,153,000 for his expenses in 2018, according to the Congressional Research Service. His budget request is more than $100,000 higher than George W. Bush’s for next year and nearly $200,000 more than Bill Clinton’s expected budget. George H.W. Bush is slated to get $942,000, while Jimmy Carter will get less than half that, at just $456,000, according to a memo prepared by the service, which was first reported by the Washington Times. All living former presidents get an office, expenses and, in some cases, an annual pension payment, because of a 1950s-era law enacted after President Harry Truman turned out to be broke after leaving the White House. The biggest expense for ex-presidents is renting office space. Obama’s office — 8,198 square feet in Washington — will cost taxpayers $536,000 next year, the most of any ex-president, the paper reported. Clinton’s Harlem office cost $518,000 and is bigger, at 8,300 square feet. W’s office in Dallas cost $497,000, while his dad’s place in Houston is $286,000. Carter’s Atlanta office costs just $115,000. Obama’s pension payment is also the fattest, at $236,000, while Clinton comes in second with $231,000. Bush the younger pockets $225,000. This is making my blood pressure up. I am sick and tired of Obama. |
Anonymous
| Haha! Your blood pressure is up over this?! You are truly in denial. |
Anonymous
| I suspect Trump will give him a run for his money, however this presidency shakes out. |
Anonymous
| How much does the Trump family waste gallivanting around doing nothing? |
Anonymous
How much does a super max cost per prisoner annually? |
Anonymous
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Obama had the largest number of death threats of any sitting or former President.
It costs a lot to protect him from violent mouth-breathers who cling to guns. |
Anonymous
| OP - you need to seek help ASAP! You are the dumbest person I've ever seen on DCUM and that's saying something. We are about to have a Constitutional crisis and you post this. |
Anonymous
| Do trump's weekly Florida golf trips make your blood pressure spike as well? |
Anonymous
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Sasha will be at Sidwell Friends for one more year and then the Obama's will leave the expensive DC Metro Area and return to Illinois so relax OP.
Pop a Xanax and chill. |
Anonymous
| That's nothing compared to the cost of the Wall, which most Americans don't want. |
Anonymous
| Oh poor thing. Obama must relocate to a place with lower real estate prices or your butt will continue to hurt. |
Anonymous
You know they bought that house, right? |
Anonymous
Location location location. |
Anonymous
What you saying they're not allowed to sell it when Sasha graduates? |
Anonymous
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Well, of course! The younger you're elected president (and the less Big Macs you eat) the longer you're going to live and be on the tax payer's dime. This is not rocket science.
He also travels and does more talks than Carter and the W's, which costs more for secret service and security protocols. Probably Clinton is a close second with how much he's out there in the public. As for the cost of office space, that's all location based. Of course a DC office is going to cost more than Harlem, Dallas, Houston, or Atlanta. |