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alp227

(31,961 posts)
Tue Mar 26, 2013, 12:39 AM Mar 2013

Report: George W. Bush has most expenses among former presidents for 2012

Source: AP

Being the leader of the free world is an expensive proposition. And the costs don’t stop once you leave the White House.

The government spent nearly $3.7 million on former presidents in 2012, according to an analysis released by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. That covers a pension, compensation and benefits for office staffers, and other costs.

The costliest former president? George W. Bush, who clocked in last year at just more than $1.3 million.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/report-george-w-bush-has-most-expenses-among-former-presidents-for-2012/2013/03/25/311b5728-9592-11e2-b6f0-a5150a247b6a_story.html

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csziggy

(34,120 posts)
16. Dubya did go to the Cayman Islands - I guess that is an expensive destination
Tue Mar 26, 2013, 11:07 AM
Mar 2013

And when you have to "protect" your subject from journalists as well as potential assassins, it's even more expensive!

Friday, Nov 2, 2012 7:46 PM UTC
George Bush’s secret Cayman vacation
Don't tell anyone! The former president just gave a speech at Romney's favorite parking place for offshore cash
By Andrew Leonard

George W. Bush gave the keynote address at an “investment conference” in the Cayman Islands on Thursday night. But we don’t know what he said, reports NBC News, because Bush’s own team required a complete “blackout” on any details about the speech.

The keynote speech by the former president was “totally closed to all journalists,” and conference organizers were banned from discussing any aspect of it even in general terms, spokesman Dan Kneipp said.


One would assume that as a former president who evidently does not aspire to do anything socially useful for the rest of his life, George Bush doesn’t particularly care about how awful the “optics” of his visit to one of the world’s largest offshore financial centers look. Let’s give him points for consistency: Bush devoted his presidency to lowering taxes on the rich and easing the regulatory burden on corporations. Four years after leaving his country in a state of complete ruin, he’s busying himself giving a speech in one of the world’s most popular destinations for avoiding taxes and financial oversight. There’s a stark, savage purity to his commitment that can’t be denied. George Bush is a true believer, a dedicated servant of the 1 percent.
http://www.salon.com/2012/11/02/george_bushs_secret_cayman_vacation/
 

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)
5. How can that be
Tue Mar 26, 2013, 01:13 AM
Mar 2013

When he doesn't go anywhere for fear of being arrested. Sounds like we still need Bachmann to investigate this.

Turbineguy

(37,212 posts)
9. Gee.
Tue Mar 26, 2013, 03:42 AM
Mar 2013

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Color me surprised! When he was in office he was the most expensive President ever.

Javaman

(62,439 posts)
14. speaking of which...
Tue Mar 26, 2013, 09:57 AM
Mar 2013

morons* "library" opens on the anniversary of his* now infamous proclamation.

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
12. Cut Spending on Former Presidents
Tue Mar 26, 2013, 08:36 AM
Mar 2013

There is no reason the federal government should be paying for the travel, postage, and office space for former Presidents. All the former Presidents should get a pension and Secret Service protection, but they should have to pay for everything else.

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