Bill Clinton arriving at the Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational Golf Tournament party, held at Aura in the Atlantis Hotel and Casino. Sport and entertainment celebrities came to warm up in the Bahamas and help raise money for charity.
Today taxpayers are supporting our former presidents to the tune of more than $2.9 million. Former President Bill Clinton seems to spend the most across the board. His phone bill from the records KHQ received from 2006 cost taxpayers $104,000. We also pay for the satellite TV in his office, complete with eight separate receivers and all the movie channels that come with the "entertainment package". Their yearly salary pension is $191,000. Aside from that, each gets a staff; that staff costs you, the taxpayer, $96,000 per president
Here is a great picture of Bill and Samuel L Jackson getting some warm up shots in ...
Congress regulates and approves this money for our former presidents, all of which have a net worth in millions and tens of millions. In retirement, President Bill Clinton's speaking fees earned him more than $40 million in addition to the $12 million his book deals have put in his pocket since he left office.
It all begs the question, why are taxpayers subsidizing ex-presidents who are millionaires?
If you are wondering why President Jimmy Carter hasn't been mentioned much, it's because he spends far less. In 2008 he spent $518,000, less than half of President Clinton's 1.1 million, the first Bush 41 fell somewhere in between. (Credits)
This is a great photo that could get Bill in some good trouble, unfortunately funny angle ...
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