Posted on 07/22/2016 6:07:49 PM PDT by Olog-hai
President Barack Obama vetoed a bill Friday that would cap the taxpayer-funded expense accounts of former presidents.
Obama said he supports the bill’s goal, but he sent the measure back to Congress because it would immediately end salaries and benefits to staffers carrying out the official duties of former presidents. He says the measure doesn’t provide enough time for these employees to be moved to another payroll.
Obama says the bill would also interfere with the Secret Service’s ability to protect ex-presidents. …
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He plans to skate on it with his moochelle.
Post presidential perks should be a performance bonus. Zero does not get any bonus.
He wants to be grandfathered in on weekly Air Force One golf junkets.
Obama says the bill would also interfere with the Secret Service’s ability to protect ex-presidents. …
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Well at the moment i caan’t think of an ex president worth protecting.
If I were trump and was elected I’d direct the secret service to put every screw up agent they had protecting him.
That sounds like a feature rather than a bug.
An ex-President should not have an expense account.
Too bad the guys from JFK’s Dallas detail aren’t around anymore...
President Xero will soon enter the Clintons rarified air of multimillions in speaking fees. Financially capitalizing on public
“Service” (a term loosely used) is a cottage industry for former failed, disgraced Democrat Presidents.
No worries. It will be passed again and SIGNED next year.
man. if he makes half as much as bubba and hil.. they should have to pay for their own protection. besides , who wants to protect old trash? ;-)
He thinks we hate him because he is black.
I hate him because he is a gravy sucking pig
Thank you
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If there were justice he'd have to pay the $6B he stole and and refund part of the several billions in the kickback he got during the Iran Deal. Trump needs to run a full forensic audit and identify the thieves and treachery committed during Obama's reign then bring them up on charges in federal court and put them in prison or hang them. I bet the theft of taxpayer funds is unprecedented.
“Well at the moment i caan’t think of an ex president worth protecting.”
Perhaps so, but the problem is, how do you attract a good next president? And considering what it does to these people (they seem to age at 2-3x the normal rate), the job pays badly and has no career path. So, as physically ill as this makes me, I must agree with...you know who.
We do not provide ex presidents with Secret Service for their own safety, we provide ex presidents with Secret Service protection to protect our own state secrets.
I don’t see why an ex-President needs staff or office space. Or even a pension. There are NO poor ex-Presidents, one book deal is enough to set them for life.
Were we expecting that POS to do this right thing??
Agreed.
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