Joe Biden collecting rent from Secret Service

yahoo ^ | 8/1/11 | Rachel Hartman

[ken21]

greed has no end.

[rockabyebaby]

Have you no shame biden?

[Psalm 144]

Give him a break. At least his motorcade quit running down bystanders and passersby.

[unixfox]

Have you no shame biden?

What would you expect from a socialist?

[mountainlion]

Puten called the US a parasite on the global economy. I guess that makes Byden the #2 parasite and Boma the #1 parasite.

[afraidfortherepublic]

I thought the Clintons charged the SS rent at Chappaqua equivalent to their house payment. At least that is what I read just after he stepped down from the presidency. I don’t know what arrangements are provided for his many other residences — apartment in Harlem, apartment in Little Rock, Hillary’s Georgetown mansion, etc.

[napscoordinator]

The Bush’s did the same thing. Politicians get more money being elected than not. Ridiculous. Of course 13 grand is chump change for the safety of the Vice President. You agree too if you are truthful.

[JimmyMc]

He sholud have to claim the secret service coverage on his federal income tax return. I’m sick.

[dancusa]

Will he donate the 13,200 to charity? Naw, That is our job to pay taxes and give to charitable causes. GWB let Secret Service stay in his house in Crawford for free.

Biden gave an average of $369 to charity a year in the last 10 years.

[lonestar]

I hope the Bushes didn’t charge rent at the ranch and Kennebunkport if agents stayed on their properties.

[God luvs America]

clinton is pulling this same scam...the secret service lives in “servants quarters” on his property here in Chappaqua- the rent he charges the gov’t for the secret service to stay on his property just so happens to equal the mortgage and taxes he pays on his house....la-di-da...

[Fresh Wind]

(By the way, that's no discount on the rent--the Times reports that's the amount paid by the previous tenant.)

From another article:

"Biden's mother used to live at the cottage before she died in early 2010. According to the Times, Secret Service agents assigned to Biden had previously been renting properties in the area, but the Service later approached the vice president about renting the cottage instead."

So, Plugs was renting this cottage to his mother for $2,200 per month. Real class there, Joe.

[Portcall24]

No problem. This isn’t real money...it comes from the government.

[VMI70]

Do you have a citation for that? I tried Google but could not find anything.

[New Jersey Realist]

Every democrat I know is a leach and a parasite. Why should we be surprised?

[HiTech RedNeck]

If she was a wealthy lady and wanted to will some of it to Joe (which is her right) it would be a way of getting around some of the death tax that her estate would otherwise get dinged with.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Big deal - didn’t the Clinton’s charge $10K a month for their SS detail to live on their property?

[GeronL]

Taxpayers pay for his protection and we have to pay rent to protect him too.

Whole new meaning to the term “rent seeking”

[BerryDingle]

I remember when William (Our first black President) Jefferson Clinton charged the S.S. rent on a tool shed in back of his N.Y., Hillary for Senate residence. Buddy was run over and killed a week or two later.