Posted on 10/10/2004 11:48:56 AM PDT by Hadean
John Kerry is one of the richest Senators in government. When someone is elected president, it means the Secret Service has to protect the President and his family as well as his property.
The Kerry's have five U.S. properties not counting the several foreign properties they own too. The cost to run these homes are more than what the average American could afford, even if the rent was free, and all you had to pay the water, gas and electric. Including ground keepers, maintenance, pool, and house keepers. To be President would require the taxpayers to pay for all that now if elected. Including a complete staffed Secret Service security 24 hours a day. In addition to that we will have to pay for each of their homes for security improvements even if they never go to them all, that is, that just in case. Who do you think will pay for all this? We Pay! This takes all the expense off Kerry and puts it on us.
Nevertheless, factor another major cost to Americans that Kerry does not want you to know about. Becoming president would automatically include taking care of all their properties with Secret Service Agents that includes five agents per six-hour shift, four times a day, 365 days of the year for the rest of their lives so long as they own those properties.
It comes with being President, once you are elected. It requires us the taxpayers, to pay for this as well as his annual salary, as well as his retirements including the cost of living adjustments to boot, plus salaries and protection for all their real estate property, plus Secret Service Agents, and pay the bills for the rest of his life. In addition, feed the Secret Service agents and rotate new ones every 6 hours for the rest of his life.
Everything will cost more if Kerry is elected.
1 more reason to keep Bush in office.
Now we REALLY KNOW WHY KERRY IS BUCKING FOR PRESIDENT!!!
He needs the SS protection from the military whose backs he built his political career on.....he would be a very unpopular president.
Hated by Americans, loved by America's enemies!
Today, the Secret Service is authorized by law to protect:
the President, the Vice President, (or other individuals next in order of succession to the Office of the President), the President-elect and Vice President-elect; the immediate families of the above individuals; former Presidents, their spouses for their lifetimes, except when the spouse re-marries. In 1997, Congressional legislation became effective limiting Secret Service protection to former Presidents for a period of not more than 10 years from the date the former President leaves office.
children of former presidents until age 16;
visiting heads of foreign states or governments and their spouses traveling with them, other distinguished foreign visitors to the United States, and official representatives of the United States performing special missions abroad;
major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates, and their spouses within 120 days of a general Presidential election.
I am not exactly sure of this but I believe the Secret Service requires a President/Candidate to designate one residence as a primary and they protect that one exclusively. The others get incidental protection if used from time to time.
I am not aware of any requirements for the Secret Service to "pay" an ex-President's bills. Savings and a pension plan take care of this.
God bless our troops wherever they may be.
sent this to just about everybody I know that is for Kerry
The Kerry's have five US properties not counting the several foreign properties they own too. The cost to run these homes are more than what the average American could afford, even if the rent was free, and all you had to pay the water, gas & electric. Including ground keepers, maintenance, pool, and house keepers. To be President would require the taxpayers to pay for all that now if elected. Including a complete staffed Secret Service security 24 hours a day. In addition to that we will have to pay for each of their homes for security improvements even if they never go to them all, that is, that just in case. Who do you think will pay for all this? We Pay! This takes all the expense off Kerry and puts it on us.
Nevertheless, factor another major cost to Americans that Kerry does not want you to know about. Becoming president would automatically include taking care of all their properties with Secret Service Agents that includes 5 agents per 6 hour shift 4 times a day 365 days of the year for the rest of their lives so long as they own those properties. It comes with being President, once you are elected. It requires us the taxpayers, to pay for this as well as his annual salary, as well as his retirements including the cost of living adjustments to boot, plus salaries and protection for all their real estate property, plus Secret Service Agents, and pay the bills for the rest of his life. In addition, feed the Secret Service Agents and rotate new ones every 6 hours for the rest of his life.
Do the math. Five properties need to be protected. This requires five Secret Service Agents per shift, daily every six hours, per property! That is 20 Secret Service Agents per day per property everyday including Holidays. Wow, what does that cost?
Lets say an average of 20 agents per property, each earning a about $60K per agent to survey the perimeters and protect. Now times that by five properties so far. That is if the Kerrys do not buy any more properties afterwards. This also includes the Agents vehicles and repairs, gas, meals, days off, paid vacation, and medical plan visits etc per agent.
Who pays? YOU pay, the whole time they are alive after becoming President! Is this the best use of our tax money electing Kerry to take care of all their properties, both foreign and domestic? On the other hand, shouldn't he pay for his own? Yet, the Presidential salary could not afford it.
The more I think about paying for Kerrys properties everyday, just makes me happy keeping President Bush all the more merrier. Without raising taxes to boot.
How on earth would Kerry pay for everyone to have Healthcare, increase our military, and have us pay to protect his investments, all without raising our taxes? Tax and spend Kerry is his party motto.
Which really has to make you wonder why anyone with his wealth, would take a salary of that of a U.S. Senator, never mind wanna be President? Do you believe now why he needs to be the Prez? To serve the people? On the other hand, the people serve Him and his wife!
Please pass the Mustard and do America a favor and pass this to your friends, lets keep Bush a resident in the White House, and not have to protect another Kerry house.
FYI
OH, PUH - LEEZE!
There are enough valid reasons NOT to vote for this dufus. If you gotta reach into this non-issue to find a reason, then you may as well not vote at all. Besides, if the SUV doesn't belong to him, neither do the properties.
Remember it's her money and there is a pre-nup. She pays the bills.
The one property held jointly is the townhouse in Boston. The rest are hers. The big one in DC was hers with her first husband.
AND the kerry's would follow the lead of SICK WILLIE and the former first witch and CHARGE the Secret Service for the space used to provide their security
Wherever the President is a TFR (Temporary Flight Restriction) is put into place. For the President it is 30 miles in diameter, for the VP it's 6 miles. Spouses can, but usually don't get them. If (God forbid) President kerry were at the mansion it would be 30 miles out from there. If the Pittsburg airport is in that radius there is major screwage of the Air Traffic System.
Ya wouldn't believe it SLB if I showed ya reciepts.......:o)
USSS methods are indeed expensive, yet the alternative is something I don't wish on the worse of our Presidents...........I don't see a solution as long as executives , goobermint or private sector, don't live by the rules us pogues live by. The desire to shake every citizens hand is admirable but the cost is staggering for just travel. The cheapest cost to the taxpayer is static security measures even if it has to be at two or three of the Presidents properties.
I'd like to see Camp David as the offical weekend / vacation retreat, the Presidents actual home and the white house being the only ones "hard wired" for USSS coverage full time.
But then I ain't running this op .........Stay safe !
In reasons not to vote for Kerry, this ranks up there at about, well, uh zero.
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