President Obama has gotten used to living high on the hog, at the taxpayer’s expense and doesn’t want to stop his lavish lifestyle after he leaves the White House. He sought to increase the amount of money available for the federal government to spend on former presidents in advance of his White House exit.
In the 2016 and 2017 fiscal year budget requests, Obama put forward increases in appropriation expenditures of former Presidents. Specifically, the 2017 budget proposal is almost an 18 percent increase in appropriations for former Presidents and he had success in an increase in 2016.
Obama will be a former President, so his budgeting is not about his concern for Presidents Bush and Clinton, but rather an opportunistic plan to increase his pension after he is no longer in Washington DC.
So many Presidents go on to make profitable lives after the White House, writing books, speaking engagements that there does not seem to be a need for tax payers to subsidize former Presidents, if their own wealth is substantial enough to support them for the remainder of their days.
Read how Obama’s self-given pay raise clashes with conservative thought regarding The Former Presidents Act, on page two.
just more of obummers growing, shameful legacy, of breaking laws, and ignoring our constitution.
That was the idea…
JoAn, he can’t.None of their business items can be expensed. As the President and First Lady they have budgeted funds to cover their duties. Once again, the proposed increase is for ALL ex-presidents.
Plus the raise,he`s got ALL that shovel ready money we never spent.
Makes me sick! Loser
You want need our money in prison or hell
What a bunch of b******t,
He took my SS money for his raise I guess?
Tim Philpot hahaha
It has nothing to do with race! It has to do with the “Worst” performance ever by a “pretend” president – don’t care what color he is. Be honest enough with yourself to look at his record!