It's a blog.
The story is available elsewhere with far greater credibility.
Nobody buying his books?
Well... this pos is in an 18% bracket while I am in a 25.5% bracket and make a lot less. How nice to be in charge.
The Prsidential salary is $400k, plus $50k expense account. A normal serf would also have to consider other enumeration as ordinary income. Items such as:
Cell phone
Company car
Housing Food
Vacations
Etc, etc. etc.
I'm sure this is all legal and everything because our rulers can write whatever laws they want, but us mere serfs could not get away with ignoring those other benefits.
I took a look at my household income taxes and my wife and I paid a higher percentage than Obama.