President Bush Will Get a $196,700 Pension

pension

No president, especially George W Bush, deserves a taxpayer-funded pension. They ask for the job. It is not forced on them. After leaving this country in debt to the tune of $11 trillion, Bush should be ashamed to accept a pension!

Anthony Powell of MS @ Jun 19, 2009 08:56:24 AM

Presendential Pensions

The job of President of the United States is the most difficult position in the entire world. He is on call 24/7 the entire time he serves those of us who elected him to this office. Even when he and his family are on so called "vacation", his responsibilities follow him. Why would he (she) not be entitled to a generous pension? The Wall Street Executives, the Major Oil Company Executives, the Banking Exec's, all have "Golden Parachutes" waiting for them whe they retire. And they don't have half the preassure and stress our Country's Chief Executive faces on a daily basis. Former Presidents deserve more than what they're currently receiving and the widows of former Presidents should receive half the Presidents pension should they survive the President. If one has ever read the lives of former First Ladies, one would agree.

Bob of FL @ Feb 25, 2009 21:09:11 PM

bush's pension

no matter what you may think, personally,of president bush,he deserves his pension! the presidentcy is,a harsh and hard job!i believe that retired president bush,along with all of our living retired presidents,deserve their retirement pensions!

brian of IN @ Feb 21, 2009 19:03:57 PM

Office Space for Clinton

It makes me SICK to think Bubba gets free office space in HARLEM, and his office is the most expensive of any ex-president. Good ol' Bubba!!!

Namako of HI @ Jan 30, 2009 06:55:21 AM

President Bush

While I respect and admire President Bush as a person, I cannot yet say that he was a good President or a bad President. All I know is that he made some key personnel mistakes from the beginning. His administration would have been much better if it didn't include Cheney, Rumsfield, Wolfowitz, Ashcroft, Gonzales, Yoo, and the rest of the gang.

I wish him well in the coming years and hope he finds fulfilling things to do. Thank you for your service, President Bush!

Joe C. of VA @ Jan 23, 2009 18:40:33 PM

Dean (PLEASE)

This is a typical unjust system They gave the bank VIP bonuses, when we were in this mist of a recession, that was cause by BUSH, and now to give him retirement or a pension, after successfully screwing up our ecomony. That is insane. That that 5.0 odd milliws that he will recieve should he reach 85, and a what ever the amount if from Cheney, give it back to the American people as a stimiuis payment. I guess it's like we are paying Bush for all his screw-ups. WOW

Darron Hoffman of VA @ Jan 21, 2009 15:16:06 PM

President Bush's Pension

President Bush deserves every dime he gets. He has survived eight years of the most outrageous onslaught of hate mongering in history. I am embarassed for us as a nation. The left has done their best to bring this man to his knees simply because he did not believe in liberal Democratic left causes and social engineering. These people are so full of hate and zealotry, if they don't get their way, nothing is sacred. They do anything and everything to bring down and embarass their opposition. The perfect storm of extreme oil prices, extreme greed caused by fraudulent real estate practices and ballooning out of control credit is a perfect house warming gift for the President Obama. Does anyone else see the coincidence of all this happening right before election day? Was that also engineered? It took $600,000,000 and two years of campaigning and sexism beyond belief to get him elected. I would hardly call that a mandate. It will take President Bush 3,000 years to spend that much money on his $200,000 pension. Show some character for a change and give the man a break.

Lynda of UT @ Jan 21, 2009 12:01:00 PM

It's pennies.

Although Bush is the prototypical "trust fund boy", the $200k/yr is pennies. On some levels I'm sad to see him go, but on others I know it couldn't come soon enough.

christopher of GA @ Jan 21, 2009 08:05:18 AM