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Obama To Return 5% Of Salary

Mike

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Symbolism Or Substance? Why the announcement? Why couldn't he have just written a check to the Treasury? Politics..........................
WASHINGTON– President Barack Obama plans to return 5% of his annual salary to the U.S. Treasury Department, a symbolic gesture of solidarity with federal workers facing possible furloughs because of the automatic spending cuts known as the sequester.

Mr. Obama’s decision, announced by a White House official Wednesday, would apply retroactively to coincide with the start of the sequester last month and apply for the rest of the calendar year. The 5% cut reflects the general level of cuts that kicked in March 1. The New York Times reported on the decision earlier Wednesday. Mr. Obama makes $400,000 a year.

The official didn’t know how many federal employees have already been subject to furloughs.

The salary announcement comes a day after Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said he too would voluntarily give up part of his $200,000 annual salary, in solidarity with about 700,000 of his civilian employees facing mandatory furloughs this summer. Mr. Hagel’s decision follows a similar move by Ashton Carter the deputy defense secretary.
 

Steve

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Whitewing said:
That's really white of him.

not really..

For example, defense spending (other than for military personnel) will be cut by 8 percent across the board, and nondefense discretionary spending will be cut by between 5 percent and 6 percent.

President Obama called sequestration “a meat cleaver’” that will “eviscerate government services.”

even his claims were that the cut was more painful... besides it will only cut his tax bill later..

so giving him any kind of credit fro the so called paycut even if it is sarcastic.. isn't justified..

if he really wants to help,,. lock up the keys to the jet and ground himself and his jet-setting family..
 

Tam

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The US would be further ahead if he promised not to take separate jets on the family vacations and that he would start making announcements from the Rose Garden verses every City in the union. Oh they would also be further ahead if he would furlough his golf caddie and it is plain to see by his Easter hoops 22 -2 record that basketball is not his sport so furlough the aids that he plays hoops with at the White House. He had to be ashamed of himself, if that is possible for him to be, when he thought he was going to show off his moves on the BB court and he showed just how bad he is. After that I would love to see just how bad he is at golf. :lol: :lol: :lol:
 

Steve

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22 -2 record that basketball is not his sport

In early March some of the guys went to the museum of Fine Arts for a fund-raiser and got to hang with President Barack Obama. Everyone was a little bit in awe. The President turns to Ray, points at Rondo, and says, “Hey, Ray, why don’t you teach this kid how to shoot?” Everyone starts laughing.

KG told me he saw the look on Rondo’s face and the kid was devastated, embarrassed. Dissed by the President,

Rondo smiled and went along with all of it, but KG told me he could see it in his eyes. It bothered Rondo. It killed him.

Obama started to take shots amid the kids and pros. Miss. Miss. Off the rim. Miss. Miss. Off the rim. Airball. He moved closer to the net. But time and again, he missed. Of 22 shots POTUS took, he made two.

Obama’s Bad at Basketball, Kind of a Jerk

I really hope Rajon Rondo sees these stories today and smiles. No reason to let someone who sucks at basketball as badly as Barack Obama sucks at basketball get you down when you’re a pro basketball player.

when you have an ego as big as O who is a star on the court when no cameras are on... it is bound to suck when you can't make a shot...

but his ego wouldn't let him stop.. :lol:

Stern’s scouting report on Obama’s game: He’s not that good

as part of the interview he uses a little bit of the sharp wit he is known for to take apart Barack Obama’s game — “he can only go one way” and “he’s not as good as he thinks he is.”
 

Tam

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After Obama's Basketball game Bill O'Reilly replayed a video of him interviewing Obama where he challenged Obama to a game and Obama was so high on his abilities, he felt he needed to give Bill 10 points. After the public display of his basketball abilities it looks as if Bill should have been giving Obama 18 points on a game of 21. :roll:
 

Tam

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They just announced that Obama's 5% salary give back is $20,000 but his flight out to California to fund raise for Pelosi cost tax payers $185,000 so like I said if he wants to give back to the US tax payers furlough the Air Force One flight crew that would make more savings than his pitiful cut in pay. :roll:
 
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