Renting offices and even television: what taxpayers pay for the outgoing presidents

Paper clips, phone bills and movie channels are just a few of the costs that American taxpayers are shouldering in place of outgoing presidents. On January 20, Donald Trump will join four such living heads of state. The publication told more about the expenses of presidents who left office WCNC.

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This means that taxpayers will be forced to subsidize most of Trump's spending, as they do to others.

In 1958, President Harry Truman lived only on his World War I army retirement and told Congress that he could not afford postage stamps for "official business." Congress responded with the 1958 Presidential Pensions Act, granting Truman a $ 25 retirement salary, some benefits, and staff.

Over the past 62 years, these costs have increased dramatically.

Now taxpayers spend more than $ 3,8 million on the maintenance of presidents. Their annual pension is $ 219.

In addition, each president gets a state, which costs $ 96 a year for the president, and taxpayers reimburse the rent for their offices.

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A recent Congressional budget report says President Bill Clinton's New York workers' security office rents about $ 429. In Texas, George W. Bush is spending even more. Office space costs taxpayers $ 000. Donald Trump went even further and billed the Secret Service over $ 40 for a room for his own security service that guards him in Mar-a-Lago.

Taxpayers also pay presidents' phone bills. In 2006, taxpayers covered Bill Clinton's $ 104 bill, according to government documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.

They also pay for everyday necessities such as mail, satellite TV packages, and office supplies.

“President Trump's earned benefits as President were in jeopardy due to his second impeachment. But impeachment never happened,” said Scott Huffmon, a political scientist at Winthrop University in South Carolina.

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Congress regulates and approves the amount for presidents. In 2015, the legislature tried to restrict payments, but President Barack Obama vetoed it, citing protection concerns.

Do presidents need this money

In retirement, President Bill Clinton's fees for speaking in the first 10 years brought him more than $ 40 million, and his published books added another 12 million to Clinton's capital, and now it is $ 120 million.

President Obama received $ 400 a month for his Wall Street speeches. Obama's net worth now exceeds $ 000 million.

“We have no idea that we are taking responsibility for the people who are currently in office and who have already resigned,” Huffmon added.

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