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Well, as President Donald Trump gets paid a base salary of 400k. As another poster pointed out the difference between 40 hours / week, and 24/7 is 4.2x. That wo

by Cerium 9y ago

Well, as President Donald Trump gets paid a base salary of 400k. As another poster pointed out the difference between 40 hours / week, and 24/7 is 4.2x. That would mean that "more than enough" for a normal salary is $95k.

mikeash 9y ago
That was me. And $95,000/year is a pretty good salary. Don't forget the free room and board on top of that.
- coredog64 9y ago
  The government provides the cooks and household staff, but the president is responsible for paying for the food.
  - saganus 9y ago
    Really? Do you have a link for this? This sounds very interesting and sort of funny. Not really sure how it works on other presidential houses, but still sounds amusing since it will probably require rules and guidelines on what exactly to deduct from the president's paycheck, no? What if the president invites someone over, in a sort-of-unofficial way but not really, do you get deducted as well? or maybe not because it was "for the job" sort of? Definitely interested to know more.
    - _n_b_ 9y ago
      http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/10/politics/presidential-debt/ http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/10/politics/presidential-debt/ I read about this in a book called The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House, which was decently interesting.
      - saganus 9y ago
        Thanks! Like I said, it does sound reasonable but apparently it does add up. From the link: "[Laura] Bush wrote that a bill came monthly, itemizing everything she and her family owed, including food, dry cleaning and hourly wages for waiters and cleanup crews at private parties." "There were some costs that I was not prepared for," Bush wrote. "I was amazed by the sheer number of designer clothes that I was expected to buy, like the women before me, to meet the expectations for a first lady."
- forinti 9y ago
  And the retirement plan: ex-presidents get the same salary as the current president. Not bad at all.
  - kobeya 9y ago
    Wow, is that true of vice presidents that become president for 3hrs when air force one goes offline in the middle of a national security crisis?
hammock 9y ago
Not sure if it's relevant to the point, but Trump is donating his salary, Kennedy did as well, Hoover refused a salary and Washington tried to. I don't believe you can judge whether a job is 24/7 or not by the amount they pay you.
Spooky23 9y ago
Elected official's job status is defined by statute. Money is irrelevant. This is often a matter of serious debate. For example, in New York legislators are considered part time, so they are permitted to operate businesses or be employed while in office. This creates an appearance (at a minimum) of conflict of interest in many scenarios. Full time employees of government generally need permission by the appointing authority to do meaningful outside business. This applies to any government employee. A janitor on government payroll generally needs permission to work for a company that cleans offices at night.

by Cerium 9y ago

mikeash 9y ago

That was me. And $95,000/year is a pretty good salary. Don't forget the free room and board on top of that.

coredog64 9y ago
The government provides the cooks and household staff, but the president is responsible for paying for the food.
- saganus 9y ago
  Really? Do you have a link for this? This sounds very interesting and sort of funny. Not really sure how it works on other presidential houses, but still sounds amusing since it will probably require rules and guidelines on what exactly to deduct from the president's paycheck, no? What if the president invites someone over, in a sort-of-unofficial way but not really, do you get deducted as well? or maybe not because it was "for the job" sort of? Definitely interested to know more.
  - _n_b_ 9y ago
    http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/10/politics/presidential-debt/ http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/10/politics/presidential-debt/ I read about this in a book called The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House, which was decently interesting.
    - saganus 9y ago
      Thanks! Like I said, it does sound reasonable but apparently it does add up. From the link: "[Laura] Bush wrote that a bill came monthly, itemizing everything she and her family owed, including food, dry cleaning and hourly wages for waiters and cleanup crews at private parties." "There were some costs that I was not prepared for," Bush wrote. "I was amazed by the sheer number of designer clothes that I was expected to buy, like the women before me, to meet the expectations for a first lady."
forinti 9y ago
And the retirement plan: ex-presidents get the same salary as the current president. Not bad at all.
- kobeya 9y ago
  Wow, is that true of vice presidents that become president for 3hrs when air force one goes offline in the middle of a national security crisis?

hammock 9y ago

Not sure if it's relevant to the point, but Trump is donating his salary, Kennedy did as well, Hoover refused a salary and Washington tried to. I don't believe you can judge whether a job is 24/7 or not by the amount they pay you.

Spooky23 9y ago

Elected official's job status is defined by statute. Money is irrelevant. This is often a matter of serious debate. For example, in New York legislators are considered part time, so they are permitted to operate businesses or be employed while in office. This creates an appearance (at a minimum) of conflict of interest in many scenarios. Full time employees of government generally need permission by the appointing authority to do meaningful outside business. This applies to any government employee. A janitor on government payroll generally needs permission to work for a company that cleans offices at night.