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Did the President Take a Pay Cut Like He Promised? White House Won’t Say
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| May 19, 2004
| BY: Elizabeth Harrington
Posted on 05/19/2014 2:40:35 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey
The White House is refusing to confirm whether President Barack Obama followed up on his pledge to take a five percent pay cut due to sequestration last year.
Obama promised last April to take a 5 percent pay cut in “solidarity” with federal employees who were furloughed as a result of the automatic budget cuts, known as the sequester. The cut was meant to equate to the level of spending cuts imposed on nondefense federal agencies.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: obama; transparent; youlie
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Such transparency is unimaginable
To: MeshugeMikey
If they “won’t say”. Then you know the answer.
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posted on
05/19/2014 2:41:51 PM PDT
by
mothball
To: mothball
this bunch.....took the cake years ago....and have never even considered replacing it....
perhaps theyre too busy trying to get to the bottom of the Benghazi problem...
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posted on
05/19/2014 2:43:59 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
To: mothball
If he did it would be headline news.
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posted on
05/19/2014 2:45:50 PM PDT
by
unixfox
(Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
To: MeshugeMikey
He has to show his tax return still I think, so we should see an answer ourselves.
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posted on
05/19/2014 2:54:58 PM PDT
by
A CA Guy
( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: MeshugeMikey
“Won’t say” = Screw “solidarity” with federal employees who were furloughed...
Of COURSE he didn’t take a 5% pay cut. He’s an arrogant, narcissistic pig and arrogant, narcissistic pigs don’t take pay cuts.
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posted on
05/19/2014 2:56:38 PM PDT
by
upchuck
(Support ABLE, the Anybody But Lindsey Effort. Yes, we are the ABLE!!)
To: MeshugeMikey
Yes he did, but to make up for it he and mooooochelle are taking 20% more vacations on the taxpayer dime. And if you must know he cut back there also because they had planned to take 25% more vacations prior to the sequestration. Aren’t you glad that their highnesses are so benevolent!
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posted on
05/19/2014 2:56:38 PM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: MeshugeMikey
Shades of "If you like the health care plan you're on, you can keep it."
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posted on
05/19/2014 2:58:17 PM PDT
by
ConservingFreedom
(A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
To: unixfox
If he did it would be headline news.And worthy of a second Nobel Peace Prize.
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posted on
05/19/2014 2:58:22 PM PDT
by
Night Hides Not
(For every Ted Cruz we send to DC, I can endure 2-3 "unviable" candidates that beat incumbents.)
To: MeshugeMikey
That's the answer.
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posted on
05/19/2014 4:04:50 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
To: A CA Guy
He has to show his tax return still I think
He’s supposed to...
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posted on
05/19/2014 4:20:21 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
To: ConservingFreedom
” if you folks liked my pay cut...you can keep my pay cut”
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posted on
05/19/2014 4:21:05 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
To: MeshugeMikey
Pay cut, as in NO PAY! I’ll buy that.
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posted on
05/19/2014 4:28:04 PM PDT
by
jetson
To: upchuck
theyre taking the fifth amendment on this..and assuming as usual that we The “Common Man” cant possibly catch on...
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posted on
05/19/2014 4:28:45 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
To: MeshugeMikey
Hey, the Republicans in the house are FUNDING everything...including the FLOTUS vacations. Obama isn’t the problem...he is just another individual enjoying the government teat. Republicans control the flow of money to him...but they do nothing. Fire the Republicans, the Democrats are just who they are...haven’t changed in my 72 year lifetime.
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posted on
05/19/2014 4:44:58 PM PDT
by
ThePatriotsFlag
("There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide." - Thomas Jefferson)
To: ThePatriotsFlag
I say we we the slate clean across the board and start over again
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posted on
05/19/2014 4:47:27 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
To: MeshugeMikey
The “Common Man” cant possibly catch on... The ruling elites have been making that mistaken assumption from time immemorial. That's where the term "common sense" comes from.
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posted on
05/19/2014 5:21:07 PM PDT
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
To: ROCKLOBSTER
sadly common sense seems a rarity in this day and age.
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posted on
05/19/2014 6:37:59 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
To: MeshugeMikey
I believe the saying is:
Sadly, common sense isn’t all that common.
Fortunately for us, much of it appears on the threads of this forum.
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posted on
05/19/2014 6:48:28 PM PDT
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month.)
To: ROCKLOBSTER
Its a lifesaver for me that common sense does live here...
There are cities and towns in Northern California where displaying any common sense is a Major Offense...and I consider Free Republic to be a sanctuary from same
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posted on
05/19/2014 6:53:58 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill)
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