Have you ever found it funny the amount of money the President of the United States of America makes?
You have these people spending millions of dollars for a job they get paid what $600,000 a year? I find it to be quite pathetic and a waste. What are your thoughts on this subject? I find this to be bad business.
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he's supposed to be a civil servant. But what's funny is the VP giving no bid contracts to the company he has stock options in, so he becomes fabulously wealthy
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Compared to the amount that CEOs get, I think it's rather fair. The job is extremely taxing and is considered the toughest job in America.
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They make it back a hundred times over after they leave office, with speeches and books and board of directors positions. Like Mike Huckabee, even after he was mathematically eliminated stayed in the campaign a couple more weeks -- get his name a little more known, be a little more famous -- make a lot more money for speeches and appearances.
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It's not funny, I know what it's about. I've said it before and I'll say it again. If I thought I could get elected I'd do the job for free. I mean you get fed and you get a place to live.
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FD Roosevelt and Harry Truman deserved such a good salery-not the current war mongering US presidents.
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The people who apply for the position of president usually come from a wealthy family. They may be spending more than they earn, but they have much more where that came from in the bank.
