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To: Jonty30

He will never be prosecuted for anything, ever. Ex-presidents get full salary and Secret Service protection, for life. Ex-president is just about as good a gig as there ever was. In a lotta countries, the ex-president has to worry about a firing squad, not in the USA. Thank goodness.


35 posted on 11/21/2011 12:23:36 PM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (Ceterum autem censeo, Obama delenda est.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Ex-presidents get full salary and Secret Service protection, for life.

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Not any more:

Under the Former Presidents Act, each former president is paid a lifetime, taxable pension that is equal to the annual rate of basic pay for the head of an executive federal department — $199,700 in 2011 — the same annual salary paid to secretaries of the Cabinet agencies.

http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/thepresidentandcabinet/a/presidentialpay.htm

In 1997, Congress enacted legislation (Public Law 103-329) that limits Secret Service protection for former presidents to 10 years after leaving office. Under this new law, individuals who are in office before January 1, 1997, will continue to receive Secret Service protection for their lifetime. Individuals elected to office after that time will receive protection for 10 years after leaving office. Therefore, President Clinton will be the last president to receive lifetime protection.

http://www.secretservice.gov/faq.shtml#faq9


37 posted on 11/21/2011 12:35:51 PM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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