WASHINGTON, DC – President Obama issued an Executive Order raising his salary to $1 million per year.
President Obama understands how much Americans are struggling financially and told reporters yesterday he, too, has been having trouble paying his bills.
“Four hundred thousand dollars a year to be Leader of the Free World, is just not enough.” Obama told reporters on the golf course on Sunday. “There are junior traders at Goldman Sachs that make more than that in a week. Is that fair?”
Obama shocked reporters when he said he issued an Executive Order on Saturday raising his salary to $1 million a year – plus a $200,000 bonus, this year only, for killing Osama Bin Laden.
“Look, let me clear, adjusted for inflation my salary is not even half of what George Washington made. Now, I don’t want to bring race into this, but is the First Black President worth half as much as the First White President? I’m just saying… ”
The Presidential pay raise will take effect immediately.
Congress was quick to respond to Obama’s announcement. “If he gets a pay raise, then I want a pay raise, ” said John Boehner, Speaker of the House. “Hell, I think the whole damn Congress should get a pay raise.”
Boehner went on to say that in today’s world, members of Congress have to spend half their time raising money, “and that means the Representatives we send to Washington are putting in longer and longer hours trying to raise money so they can keep their seats. They need to be paid for that time.”
Obama told Boehner he would give Boehner a raise if, and only if, Boehner agrees to raise the debt ceiling. “Well, that’s a no brainer,” Boehner said. “Let’s take away the ceiling all together. Who likes salary caps?”
And yes, the ex-Congressman, Anthony Weiner’s pension will rise as well.
Here’s a history of the salary (and salary raises) for the President of the United States:
1789 $25,000
1873 $50,000
1909 $75,000
1949 $100,000
1969 $200,000
2001 $400,000
2013 $1,000,000
He's worth every penny. Well, if you stop at a penny.
BARACK the best president the USA having
produced. He has done more in a few years
as (other presidents) ever achieved together.
In coming to office faced with an dire situation
the nation / the people on their knees after two
terms of republican govt // two terms of poitical
corruption / republicans being lead by extreme
right wing religious halfbaked crackpot fanatics.
They declared a holy crusade against muslims
bringing deaths of hundreds of thousands / the
destruction suffering the tears beyond measure.
In kowing they would be evicted from govt / the
republicans with a cruel intent agin the people
they removed all banking regulations / banking
regulation put in place to prevent banking fraud
with banking regulation removed it opening the
bank doors to banking fraud /never before seen
in a short period came a USA / western banking
crisis following a USA EURO banking collapse.
I was suprised hearing the president being paid so little
when others / in the media as other employment having
far less responsibilty paid tens times twenty times more.
The really dumb ones are those who voted for Obama in the first place.
How can you justify paying persons with a high school diploma $20 million per year to run up and down on a basketball court to throw a basketball through wire and pay the leader of the world $400K? Where do we attach our values?
President Obama understands how much Americans are struggling financially and told reporters yesterday he, too, has been having trouble paying his bills.
This isn't true! Why do people write junk like this?
NOT he is tearing down our Country and making the US look like wimps to every other country! He needs to be stopped!
Boy, this story just proves how stupid and gullible most people are… This is a bogus story, entirely untrue. But if you fell for it, then you're one of the dumb ones…
Bogus!
I wouldn't put it past him to do this. Every decision he makes just gets us more into debt. He doesn't do a good job, so when do you give a raise to a bad employee?
duh
Folks! I hope you all realize that this site is for HUMOR only? Nothing you read here is true and it is never meant to be taken seriously.
If this is true it is a shame. The bigger shame however, is that people don’t understand the difference between the right of free people to attain wealth in the private sector vs. our government tapping the wallets of lower middle class America for their own personal gain.
I almost took this seriously…..lol.
Nothing but entertainment here. I don't why folks write stuff like this. What is amazing is some people will buy into this.