how much is the salary ? i'm not taking it...

[peach174]

President Washington took a smaller salary, just like Trump wants to.

False.

True!

Oh, for ****'s sake. This is the problem with some of you ******* morons. You can't even be bothered to deal in reality.

Washington did not take a lower salary. To the contrary, he finally gave up his resistance to taking a salary because it was pointed out to him that as the first President his example would set the example future generations of Americans. He didn't want to set a precedent that the Presidency would only be accessible to the wealthy who could afford to hold office without pay or with only partial pay. So he surrendered his opposition, and received the full salary as prescribed by Congress.

Yes and he settled that by taking a smaller amount.
It's still taught in our schools today for Chists sake.
I know my american history and I got it from books not the internet.

 

[emilynghiem]

SwimExpert and peach174
Can we please make sure you are even arguing about the same things

Is it the same thing to accept the salary but donate it back to govt?

If Washington did not have IRS rules back then, there's no way to compare with the process if Trump accepts the salary as income, where he pays taxes, then donates kt back to govt or some other group and either deducts it or not.

Is either of you saying that either the salary can or can't be cancelled,
how can these two presidents be compared at all when there wasn't the same IRS financial record system in place at the time, which we have now.

 

[peach174]

SwimExpert and peach174
Can we please make sure you are even arguing about the same things

Is it the same thing to accept the salary but donate it back to govt?

If Washington did not have IRS rules back then, there's no way to compare with the process if Trump accepts the salary as income, where he pays taxes, then donates kt back to govt or some other group and either deducts it or not.

Is either of you saying that either the salary can or can't be cancelled,
how can these two presidents be compared at all when there wasn't the same IRS financial record system in place at the time, which we have now.

We will find out in the near future huh?
R's can do what they want about the salary, they have all three branches.

I was talking about history with him not about taxes.

 

[Cowman]

Who cares. That doesn't make him noble or anything. He's obviously doing it to pump your view of him and it's working.

 

[washamericom]

emilynghiem I suggest getting ahold of the Veterans Party I'm sure they can help with this. Steve Harrison is the head of the Alaska division he knows how to get ahold of the other state heads for the party and I'm sure someone in that tight knit group knows how to move this forward. ~ Veterans Party Of Alaska | Facebook

Thanks I LOVE the Veterans Party mission statement. Yes, if we get them on it by state, I'm seeing matching funds.

400k x 4 years
4 teams of 20 Vets
One team for each site
We can dedicate to Ambassador Stevens, the IT staff and other service people killed and brutalized in Benghazi while we carried on with elections and media politics by the freedoms so many give their lives for.

Let's start with one team of 20 vets, but the goal of replicating and funding four.

Make one model team work, and help those Vets expand and branch out.

USVETS really deserves that support to make sure all vets stay connected.

Yes the Vet party is perfect to organize teams in 1-4 states to get one started short term, in context with longer term plans in more states

Thanks so much EverCurious

washamericom I want to refer the veteran taking this on. James Simmons, has IT and real estate background. How do you see setting this up? What do I tell James at this point?

JimBowie1958 can I get him in contact with you? Will it take a database set up to organize matching donations or what?

As for mentoring it depends on the mentor and the intern what is needed. Some people need constant consulting and support, like if you take on someone recovering from deep depression or incarceration or abuse, that's hardcore compared to just tutoring a vet through a GED or job application process. Some just need to know they have a guardian angel on their shoulder who won't let them fail and give up. When ppl find a good match, it works out, and no two partnerships are alike. Just like marriages or friendships it depends on the two people, and whatever works out.

I believe in voluntary matching where ppl find the right fit for themselves. It's not something you can predict or control. That's my experience with tutoring and mentoring. You make up the plans that depend on the ppl what you can and can't do, and focus on what works for both.

Every person is different, and so is every partnership between any two ppl.

I'm sure you'd make a great mentor and teacher with just the experience you have alone. There's always someone out there who could use help from someone just like you. It's a matter of finding each other by networking based on common interests and field of study, using trial and error, process of elimination to find the right fit.

i can build a website for you, that would be a great anchor or "clearing house" for you. we can solicit donations for the cause as long as 100% goes to the vet cause. then i'll put a link to your site on my page at WashAmeriCom, which i am in the process of expanding. contact me at scotte@WashingtonAmerica.Com

any work i do would be pro bono of course. but it sounds like a great idea. cheers.
i can ask President elect Trump if he can help, no guarantees, but he's a big pro veteran guy.

 

[washamericom]

Trump has a constitutional duty to receive a salary, in an amount prescribed by Congress. If this had been Obama, people would have demanded his head on a platter of refusing to uphold the constitution or the laws created by Congress.

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Thats why he said legally he had to recieve a dollar each year.
You think they won't prescribe it?

If George Washington couldn't refuse a salary (he was paid $25,000 a year, the equivalent of more than $700k in 2016 USD), then Trump won't be able to either.

i'm sure he could redirect it.

 

[buckeye45_73]

The President receives $400,000 a year. He won't even know he has it.

Never know when the wife will need liposuction...

I think he can afford.that now

 

[washamericom]

SwimExpert and peach174
Can we please make sure you are even arguing about the same things

Is it the same thing to accept the salary but donate it back to govt?

If Washington did not have IRS rules back then, there's no way to compare with the process if Trump accepts the salary as income, where he pays taxes, then donates kt back to govt or some other group and either deducts it or not.

Is either of you saying that either the salary can or can't be cancelled,
how can these two presidents be compared at all when there wasn't the same IRS financial record system in place at the time, which we have now.

the other thing about Washington is he could have been President for life. chose not too, class act.

 

[SwimExpert]

Yes and he settled that by taking a smaller amount.

 

[Timmy]

He'll just write it off his taxes .

 

[peach174]

Yes and he settled that by taking a smaller amount.

Like I said it's from American history books not the net.

 

[SwimExpert]

Yes and he settled that by taking a smaller amount.

Like I said it's from American history books not the net.

And if there was an emoticon holding a sign that said "citation" I would have used that. You can either be too ******* stupid to comprehend the point, or you can be too full of shit to admit you're talking out of your ass. Your choice.

 

[buckeye45_73]

https://www.google.com/amp/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/507965/

This thread is solved. Congress sets it, he takes a buck....

 

[SwimExpert]

https://www.google.com/amp/www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/507965/

This thread is solved. Congress sets it, he takes a buck....

So what are the waiting for?

 

[OnePercenter]

I read that he will be taking 1 dollar a year in Presidential salary.

Why would he make more than he's already making? This is nothing more than a token gesture.

 

[OnePercenter]

This is a little off topic, but isn't it ironic that many college head football coaches earn more than the POTUS in salary. For some states, the highest paid person is the head football coach at one of the larger state universities. Kind of makes you think about where our priorities are?

Football coaches have bills to pay.

 

[SixFoot]

The President receives $400,000 a year. He won't even know he has it.

Never know when the wife will need liposuction...

 

[OnePercenter]

The President receives $400,000 a year. He won't even know he has it.

Never know when the wife will need liposuction...

She has her own money and was a millionaire before she married Trump.

She also came from a wealthy family.

 

[peach174]

Yes and he settled that by taking a smaller amount.

Like I said it's from American history books not the net.

And if there was an emoticon holding a sign that said "citation" I would have used that. You can either be too ******* stupid to comprehend the point, or you can be too full of shit to admit you're talking out of your ass. Your choice.

So sorry you can't accept historical facts.
Bye!

 

[SwimExpert]

Yes and he settled that by taking a smaller amount.

Like I said it's from American history books not the net.

And if there was an emoticon holding a sign that said "citation" I would have used that. You can either be too ******* stupid to comprehend the point, or you can be too full of shit to admit you're talking out of your ass. Your choice.

So sorry you can't accept historical facts.
Bye!

So claims, and no evidence to support them. I guess that's about right for you.