Posted on 04/03/2013 5:44:16 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Gee, neato.
President Obama plans to return 5 percent of his salary to the Treasury in solidarity with federal workers who are going to be furloughed as part of the automatic budget cuts known as the sequester, an administration official said Wednesday.
The voluntary move would be retroactive to March 1, the official said, and apply through the rest of the fiscal year, which ends in September. The White House came up with the 5 percent figure to approximate the level of spending cuts to nondefense federal agencies that took effect that day. …
Word of the president’s decision came a day after Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter disclosed that they would return a share of their salaries commensurate with the pay lost by the department’s civilian employees who are expected to be furloughed for 14 days before the end of the fiscal year.
Yes, it’s a real sacrifice for him, I’m sure. But fine, politicians making politically inexpensive, empty gestures is nothing new — my problem is that it’s a politically inexpensive, empty gesture designed to make it look like the president is a sympathetic yet ultimately powerless pawn in the sequestration drama, when the man not only signed off on the thing, but deliberately tried to make it all as painful as possible and refused to get on board with any mitigating efforts.
And hey, you know what else might make a really great “budget gesture”? How about crafting a budget that quits trying to expand the bureaucracy and garner more revenue and actually makes an effort to pay down our damaging level of debt, instead of… whatever it is that’s going on here:CLICK ABOVE LINK FOR THE VIDEO
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If I was living rent-free, didn’t have to pay for my food or transportation I could make the “sacrifice” too.
copy cat.........I thought I heard Scott Rigell did that when he was elected........what took the One so long
HOw about cutting 5% of his families vaction budget?
Gee, I know that’s REALLY going to put a huge dent in his lifestyle.
He may have to give up his $100/lb steak 1 night per week!
Who is this twit trying to kid?? His salary is gravy, WE still pay for everything he does (in more ways than 1).
Big Whoop! How much money is he raping the American people for in the form of lavish vacations, outings and entertainment? This A**hat makes Nero look like an amateur, my Mom always said low class tells, and Obama is screaming
So what does that amount to, the cost of the bottled water served at just one of his leftist celebrity dinner/entertainment fetes? What a SACRIFICE!
RE: So what does that amount to
5% of #400,000 is $20,000.
That is only on his base pay, not his expense account, travel cost, family vacations, etc. etc, etc...........
My SIL, the gold pro, said if Baraq was really serious about this, he’d only play 17 holes.
I would like to see him return 5% of his kickbacks. Now your talking a serious chunk of change.
“Sequester? Here’s a nickle... call some one who cares!”
So, Obama’s becoming a country music fan...
(Gotta LOL at the media treatment of this. They give ‘courtier’ a bad name!)
One fly-by over the Statue of Liberty in Air Force One more than erases any money he’s giving back.
Just how does a Senator go from a net worth of 5 million to owning a 30 million dollar house in hawaii in 4 years on his paycheck?
Luck?
the civil service many of whom make 10% of barkys salary (with no maids cooks and chauffers) are taking a 20% pay cut
Shouldn’t the “Buffet rule” apply to barky?
Oh maybe he cant afford a 20% cut like his workforce, times are tough and michelle does need a new pair of shoes
Have B. Hussein give it to the fuel account for Obama’s Private Corporate Jet, Air Force One.
That’s what I was going to say!
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