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.
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No raise for Obama
Tim Philpot You have definitely closed your mind to absolute facts. When I lost my husband, lost big part of his retirement income! Then was notified since one person, not two, in household Medicare B premium would increase significantly as would Part D premium! Then supplement insurance increased premiums in 2 areas – would lose % premium deduction and also yearly rate increase! Premiums increased immediately, as did deductibles. You must be living in a dream world or you’re one of those whose lifestyle is paid for by we taxpayers!
Glenda, Obama is once again bypassing Congress! They do have to improve an increase in his salary, but think he can increase $50,000 expense limit by claiming his and the arrogant Michelle’s correspondence, etc. expenses will increase so increases that amount!
I agree but oh our votes don’t even count.
He already did it with executive order.
Now I like that idea.
Kate Jeter-Benton Check obama’s attendance record at any of those jobs and he would be classified MWNA-missing with not action-he is just an affirmative action fraud
This whole program need to be eliminated. Too much greed.