That is true of course, with the exception of President Harry Truman.
He received no gold-plated goodbye, no government pension or inflated living allowance when he left the white house as modern presidents do.
Nor was there multi-million dollar book deals waiting as a way to launder pay-off money for Presidential favorites previously granted.
Upon expiration of his term as president he and Mrs. Truman (Bess) drove themselves home in their own car and were so out-of-funds that they had to move in with her mother.
Although he was a democrat things were quite a bit different back in those days.
He was inarguably much more conservative (and patriotic) than a great number of our elected republicans in Washington today.
