Wanna get rich? Pursue a career in public service!
Posted on 03/11/2026 11:30:44 AM PDT by Rummyfan
The scandal-plagued Obama Presidential Center in Chicago already stirred up plenty of controversy. Now the money trail surrounding it raises even more uncomfortable questions about how former President Barack Obama’s inner circle is cashing in while taxpayers get screwed over.
New federal tax filings reveal the staggering salaries flowing through the Obama Foundation as construction of the $850 million Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park nears completion. The foundation will operate the massive 19.3-acre campus, which sits on publicly owned Chicago parkland. The project includes a museum, an athletic center, and a public library branch. It will not operate as a traditional presidential library overseen by the National Archives.
The land it sits on is a big part of the scheme. The Obama Foundation secured a 99-year agreement with the city, under which the foundation pays just $10 per year to use the plot. That deal alone costs Chicago tens of millions of dollars in potential value while handing over prime public property to a private nonprofit run by a former president.
With such a sweet deal in place, the foundation has been able to pay its officers inflated salaries, the most eye‑popping of which is paid to Valerie Jarrett, one of Obama’s closest political confidantes. Jarrett “earned” $740,000 in 2024 as CEO of the Obama Foundation. That salary easily outpaces the compensation paid to leaders at several other presidential foundations.
And she’s just the tip of the iceberg.
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
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Wanna get rich? Pursue a career in public service!
The list keeps going. Anne Filipic, a former White House public engagement official, earned roughly $400,000 annually. Christina Tchen, former chief of staff to Michelle Obama, also pulled in roughly $400,000 a year. Michael Strautmanis, another Obama campaign and White House aide, earned more than $300,000 annually.
Compensation across the organization has ballooned. Salaries and benefits climbed from $18.5 million in 2018 to $43.7 million in 2024. Staffing expanded to 337 employees.
Barry Soetoro - D evil
There is no level of corruption, racism, or evil that could come from, or be associated with, the Obamanation, that would even remotely surprise me.
The Stasi was the best pay in its time.
Isn’t Beelzebama The Ayatollah of All Crapola?
You know who is more corrupt than I thought, Senate Republicans.
I don’t know how they can even talk about Democrats when they’re lying to our faces while stabbing 96% of Republican voters and 83% of American voters in the back.
Senate Republicans are flat-out-lying when they say the Senate does not have the votes to proceed with the talking filibuster! Just 3 weeks ago 51 Senators were on record in supporting it.
Senate Republicans are avoiding a simple majority vote on the SAVE America Act because they do not actually want it to pass.
Obama Library To Feature Interactive Exhibit Where Visitors Can Print Their Own Birth Certificates
Dorkbama, the lying Muslim eunuch quota pick loser, is naturally corrupt because:
1. DemocRAT
2. Muslim
3. Former Illinois congress-critter (a sure bet, this one)
4. Quota law school grad
The only worse add would be for him to have also been a journalist.
Bump for later read.
There you go comedians you wanted something to work with Obama.
So true.
Appropriately, the Obama Presidential Center is the ugliest building in the country in honor of the worst President in history.
Turn it into a prison just for Barry and Big Mike.
Nigerian Adewale Adeyemo, earned about $540,000 as the Obama Foundation’s first president,
the Nigerian then became a senior Obama official
and was later appointed deputy Treasury secretary under Joe Biden.
Wally Adeyemo left his position as Deputy Secretary of the Treasury in January 2025 when Trump came in. He joined Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and the Center on Global Energy Policy to focus on economic statecraft and energy security.
Key details regarding his departure:
Role Transition: After serving from March 2021 to January 2025, Bloomberg reported he took on fellowships focused on using economic tools for national security.
During his tenure, he was a key architect of sanctions against Russia and worked on major economic policies like the Inflation Reduction Act.
The American Prospect reported he previously transitioned to the private sector (BlackRock) between government roles in 2017.
Trouble at Treasury - by The American Prospect
Nov 30, 2020 — Among the red flags for progressives is the fact that after leaving government, Adeyemo followed a well-worn path of Obama alums ........
Adewale (Wally) O. Adeyemo: The Highest-Ranking African ...
Jul 19, 2025 — After leaving government in 2017, Adeyemo transitioned to the private sector, joining BlackRock as a senior advisor. At the world’
Thats a lot of money to spend on a gay bath house...
obviously it’s just a money siphon for democrats
More corrupt than the Clinton Foundation?
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