Past presidents have hit a financial windfall after leaving office. Biden is struggling to find work

[Anonymous]

This makes me sad. I don’t think he really wanted to run to begin with and he certainly shouldn’t have run a second time.

Regardless of what you think of his positions, he did spend his life serving his country.

[Anonymous]

So weird to have a President who wasn't a massive grifter. Republicans are so confused. How much did Jimmy Carter cash in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This makes me sad. I don’t think he really wanted to run to begin with and he certainly shouldn’t have run a second time.

Regardless of what you think of his positions, he did spend his life serving his country.

A lot of people live on a lot less and are actually struggling financially right now. I'll not weep over some rich guy feeling like he doesn't have enough money to continue his rich guy lifestyle and leave money for his kids and grandkids. I'll be lucky if I get to retire. Leave something? Are you kidding me?

[Anonymous]

What a stupid article. The first line is that Biden got. $10M book advance. He is also earning hundreds of thousands of dollars in speaker fees. He's doing fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What a stupid article. The first line is that Biden got. $10M book advance. He is also earning hundreds of thousands of dollars in speaker fees. He's doing fine.

A speaker??

[Anonymous]

That's plenty. Look at Carter, he returned home to live on his farm and help out with Habitat for Humanity. Biden was in cognitive decline when he left office. Of course he can't find work. Let the man retire and eat ice cream.

[Anonymous]

He’s pretty sick with cancer. If he’s on chemo the side effects can be awful. Why should he still be out there hustling?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So weird to have a President who wasn't a massive grifter. Republicans are so confused. How much did Jimmy Carter cash in?

He still lived in their small house in a cute little neighborhood. The Carters were not materialistic. I don’t think anyone was at the level of grifting than Trump is right now. I hope we see the kind of leader that Carter was again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Former President Joe Biden is reportedly struggling to cash in on his years of public service, unlike other former commanders-in-chief, with fewer lucrative speaking gigs and a smaller advance on his memoir.

Presidents receive a pension after leaving office that is adjusted annually. In 2024, that was approximately $246,400, according to the National Taxpayers Union Foundation. But Biden is also eligible for an additional pension, worth around $166,374, given to members of Congress, since he served in the Senate for 36 years and then Vice President for eight years.

Though that’s more than $400,000, it may not be enough to sustain the Bidens' lifestyle, pay off debts, and leave money for their two living children and seven grandchildren – which Biden wants to do, according to the Journal.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/president-income-salary-biden-work-b2827799.html

Anyone know the status of Biden’s presidential library?

He's so old and frail does it really matter? The only people who are mad about him not cashing in are his leech family members. I'm sure he will get a nice funeral when he passes in a few years. And then maybe these leeches will go away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So weird to have a President who wasn't a massive grifter. Republicans are so confused. How much did Jimmy Carter cash in?

This. They can’t believe anyone would actually be in government for public service because they would be grifters and they assume everyone would be.

Government is not the problem. Corruption is the problem. Stop voting for people who ignore ethics and have no sense of duty.