The Spark Newspaper articlesA CEO like all the others
In 1999, Congress passed a salary increase for the nation's chief executive officer, doubling his salary to $400,000 per year. The increase goes into effect with this new administration.
Of course, $400,000 is only the beginning. In addition, the president gets free rent at the White House, free transportation wherever he goes, free medical care from the finest doctors, and a hefty expense allowance, not to mention personal servants.
$400,000 per year is 16 times the average yearly wages in this country, and it puts the president right up there with the top one per cent of all wages and salaries. That's where presidents feel most comfortable, of course, with all their rich buddies.