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.
No shame at all.
For a guy who hates Capitalism he sure likes to spend the money and live the life.
Put him up the flag pole
STOP THIS NONSENCE!! DOES NOT DESERVE WHAT HE GETS ALREADY AND HAS TAKEN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM HARD WORKING TAXPAYERS FOR VACATIONS, PARTIES, TRIPS TO BE IN EVERY STUPID REALITY SHOW THEY CAN!!! TOTAL USER LOSERS!!!! NO RAISE……CUTS!!!!!!!!
What the hell did he get the massive raise for. Now let me get this straight. He got a massive pay raise to gut our military, give others a green light to attack and kill us, take away a good health care system,
The salary of the US President increased from $200,000 to $400,000 in 2001; during President Bush’s administration. Since then, the annual salary has remained at $400,000 according to multiple sources. Google it for yourself. Just make sure they are legitimate sources, and match them with .gov sources.
He had to borrow money to pay for it.
Put many many Americans out of a job. What did he do to deserve such great threatment??? This is giving the finger to the American taxpayers
MORE RIP OFF.
Hope he enjoys it in hell.