Clinton made $200,000 a  year, Bushes first year $400,000. Who gave Bush  a $200,000 dollar rase?
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The BK is right.  Under Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution, "The President, shall, at stated times receive for his services, a compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected ..."\n\nClinton signed legislation in 1999 to double the salary to 400k.  But under that Article, it wouldn't take effect until the next term or Bush's 1st year.  Congress is the only one that can raise salaries.
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BECAUSE BUSH IS A DICKHEAD AND VERY VERY GREEDY WITH MONEY. JOBS NOW DAYS DO NOT PAY MUCH.
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Stylish boy - President Bush's salary is $400,000 per year. Most presidents are along the same line - UNLESS they are stealing from their people. Then it is not a salary - it is a crime.\n\nFlint - Yuk. Yuk. Yuk. Don't quit your day job. Instead, how about posting some EVIDENCE from REPUTABLE SOURCES to back up what you say?
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George Washington was given $25,000 a year, though he refused to accept it. John Adams presumably received the same, as the law applied to the president in general, not just Washington.
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It was increased to $400,000 in 2001. The Vice-President receives $202,900. Former Presidents receive $151,000 plus $150,000 per year to maintain an office. Former first ladies receive $20,000 a year. Before that, the US President was paid $200,000 a year resulting in senior officials having salaries nearly equal with that of the President.
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1994: $34.6 million\n1995: $37.1 million\n1996: $40.7 million\n1997: $41.4 million\n1998: $52.3 million\n1999: $58.3 million\n2000: $62.1 million\n2001: $67.4 million\n2002: $71.1 million\n2003: $75.0 million\n2004: $80.5 million\n2005: $85.5 million\n2006: $102.0 million\n2007: $109.0 million
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George W. Bush. His dad was a president too.
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100 cents - use good sense and spend them all well after Bush not much makes sense!!!!
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Babe Ruth said during the Depression when asked that: "I know, but I had a better year than Hoover." Ruth was demanding $80,000 as opposed to Hoover's salary of $75,000. These days the superstars of baseball probably earn that in a week or less. On the other hand, George Bush is earning $400,000 which is twice what Clinton earned.\n\nTo some extent, it is a matter of supply and demand as managers are looking for a marquee player for their ball club. On the other hand, the public are reluctant to pay politicians too much money. Further, there is plenty of applicants for the job.
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The President of the United States has, since 2001 made $400,000 per year. That is the least, accounting for inflation, that a president has made since 1872.
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2002-George W. Bush\nhttp://www.whitehouse.gov/ogc/
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Bill Clinton?  I dunno.  He was president at the time and was born in Arkansas.
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Why do we spend Billions fighting in Iraq? One name: George W. Bush.
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why would it be just bush? i believe many presidents have given money to space exploration, was kennedy not president when we landed on the moon? i realize that it is popular to bash the current president but all have given money to space exploration, not just bush
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Wow, somebody got a bee in their turban...\n\nBush Sr. among many other ex-Party and current leadership all have small stakes in the form of mutual funds which in turn are heavily invested in many Middle-East construction and shipping companies.  It is indirect, but it is a clearly linear relationship.  Bush Sr. alone stands to make about $7 million in capital gains when the whole deal goes through (for 26 ports, not just the few in the US, which ironically are the least profitable).
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This is kind of a lopp sided question as it is always easier to complain about whatever we currently have.  However in this case the answer would be George W. Bush.  I have read some of the answers that you have gotten and some are based on complete misconceptions.  Yes our economy was better under the Clinton Administration, however that was due to the fact that the things that Reagan did for the economy were finally bearing fruit.  By the end of the Clinton years we were back into recession that plagued the early Bush Administration.  Clinton campaigned in 1992 promising National Health Insurance, however in his 8 years as President was not even able to get it to the floor of Congress.  Clinton had Congress's approval for the same reasons as Bush did in 1998 to go to war with Iraq, yet he never followed through with it.  If we blame Bush for making mistakes in his reasons for going to war with Iraq, Congress and the President made the same mistake in 1998.  What seems to be a common thing for both the American Public as well as our Politicians is a short attention span and a short memory.  In retrospect most Americans now think of Nixon as being a good President as well as a great statesman, yet in 1974 he was the most hated man in history moving Hitler to number 2 for the first time in over thirty years.
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None, Frankin is 100 times smarter than Bu$h and Cheney added. Bu$h has a IQ of about 80. Clintons was 180. Al Frankin is far above most. He's worth about $100 million.\nBu$h and Cheney were both invited to go Quail hunting with David Letterman. Cheney said yes, Bu$h declined and said " I am not that stupid".