Obama To Give Back 5% Of Salary

[JDPriestly]

21. I guess Obama loves the 1% even more than I thought.

He's giving them 5% of his salary -- which is small compared to those of the CEOs of most American corporations.

Tax capital gains over a certain amount and let people like Obama keep their hard-earned pay.

This is ridiculous.

Shame on the President for this.

And I am somewhat cynical. I remember how Clinton was depicted as so poor he could not afford his legal defense. There was even a theory that the Republicans were trying to bankrupt him.

When Obama leaves office, his sonorous speaking voice will be well paid for speeches to the convocations of the 1% and their friends. This 5% will return to him manifold if he just refrains from raising the taxes of his 1% buddies.

On the other hand, the folks who keep our government together and are being "furloughed" in order to keep the 1% in the gravy will never be repaid.

Nor will we seniors when it comes our turn and they cut our meager Social Security checks and Medicare.

What swindlers. All of them.