Q: Does President Obama want to increase his pension? A: No. Obama requested an additional $588,000 in FY2017 to cover pensions and other costs for four former presidents plus “new spending for new former President Barack Obama.” FULL QUESTION
A post on Facebook states that Obama wants a higher pension. Does President Obama want his retirement amount increased? FULL ANSWER
The rumor that President Obama wants to increase his retirement benefits started in March 2016 when conservative websites carried bogus stories with inaccurate headlines, such as “BREAKING: Obama Just Gave Himself a MASSIVE Pay Raise…FOREVER!” and “Obama demands a higher presidential pension and more benefits!” Another site claimed that “Obama wants to give himself a massive reward & YOU are going to pay for it.” This led, naturally, to a Facebook image of Obama “demanding a higher pension.” In all cases, the articles referred to a March 16 report by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service that carried a more staid headline, “Former Presidents: Pensions, Office Allowances, and Other Federal Benefits.” In that report, the CRS noted that the White House’s fiscal year 2017 budget requested $3,865,000 “for expenditures for former Presidents, an increase of $588,000 (17.9%) from the FY2016 appropriation level.” CRS, March 16, 2016: The [budget] request includes language stating that the appropriation includes funding for “future former President Barack Obama.” President Obama’s anticipated transition from incumbent to former President is scheduled to occur on January 20, 2017.
But presidential pensions are set by law, the Former Presidents Act, and any changes would require an act of Congress, as also explained in the CRS report. Under the law, former Presidents George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush in calendar year 2016 each received $205,700 — which is “equal to the annual rate of basic pay for the head of an executive department (Executive Level I),” as CRS explains. Nothing in Obama’s request would change the pension formula. Not all of the $588,000 increase is earmarked to cover the cost of Obama’s retirement. The budget justification document from the General Services Administration said $359,000 would be needed to cover the cost of Obama’s pension, staff, office and other related expenses. The rest — $229,000 — is needed to cover the rising costs of expenses for the current four living former presidents. The GSA provided this breakdown of the net $588,000 increase: $9,000 increase in pension costs for Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter. $9,000 decrease in travel and transportation costs for George H.W. Bush. $359,000 in new spending for “new former President Barack Obama,” including funds for his pension, beginning Jan, 20, 2017, as well as money for his staff, office and other related expenses, beginning on July 21, 2017. $19,000 increase in additional personnel compensation for George H.W. and George W. Bush. $36,000 increase in printing and communication costs for Carter, George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush. $163,000 increase in rental payments for Carter, George W. Bush, Clinton and George H.W. Bush. $6,000 increase in equipment purchases for George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. $5,000 for increased contractual services for George H.W. Bush, Carter and George W. Bush.
According to CBS News White House Correspondent Mark Knoller, today's trip marks Mr. Bush's 149th visit to the presidential retreat. The planned three-day stay, during which the president is being joined by family and former and current aides, will bring his total time spent at Camp David to all or part of 487 days.
Yes, that's 487 days. And Camp David is not even where the president has spent the most time when not at the White House: Knoller reports that Mr. Bush has made 77 visits to his ranch in Crawford during his presidency, and spent all or part of 490 days there. 26 at Kennebunkport, Maine.
现在知道完全是谣言,文学城也转载了,华人上还是寂静一片,估计大家都确信了美国历史上第一个黑人总统就是这么腐败吧?
自己看原文,恕不翻译:
http://www.snopes.com/marian-robinson-pension/
首先不知道lz的贴跟急吼吼有什么关系,不是你随便用个形容词盖帽子就行,
其次被造谣的人急着辟谣,有什么奇怪?不许人赶紧澄清,是什么用心?
是替被造谣的人澄清。不管是不是本人出面,澄清有什么问题?
真是一大怪现象。
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顶这个
楼下居然还有颠倒黑白,讽刺辟谣者的,真是没救了。借着这个大选也是看明白了有些人能low到什么地步。
古人云谣言止于智者,市井也有一句话叫做苍蝇不叮无缝的蛋。自己一身屎,就别怪人家闻到臭味就怪你。
http://www.factcheck.org/2016/05/does-obama-want-a-higher-pension/
Q: Does President Obama want to increase his pension?
A: No. Obama requested an additional $588,000 in FY2017 to cover pensions and other costs for four former presidents plus “new spending for new former President Barack Obama.”
FULL QUESTION
A post on Facebook states that Obama wants a higher pension. Does President Obama want his retirement amount increased?
FULL ANSWER
The rumor that President Obama wants to increase his retirement benefits started in March 2016 when conservative websites carried bogus stories with inaccurate headlines, such as “BREAKING: Obama Just Gave Himself a MASSIVE Pay Raise…FOREVER!” and “Obama demands a higher presidential pension and more benefits!”
Another site claimed that “Obama wants to give himself a massive reward & YOU are going to pay for it.”
This led, naturally, to a Facebook image of Obama “demanding a higher pension.”
In all cases, the articles referred to a March 16 report by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service that carried a more staid headline, “Former Presidents: Pensions, Office Allowances, and Other Federal Benefits.” In that report, the CRS noted that the White House’s fiscal year 2017 budget requested $3,865,000 “for expenditures for former Presidents, an increase of $588,000 (17.9%) from the FY2016 appropriation level.”
CRS, March 16, 2016: The [budget] request includes language stating that the appropriation includes funding for “future former President Barack Obama.” President Obama’s anticipated transition from incumbent to former President is scheduled to occur on January 20, 2017.
But presidential pensions are set by law, the Former Presidents Act, and any changes would require an act of Congress, as also explained in the CRS report. Under the law, former Presidents George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush in calendar year 2016 each received $205,700 — which is “equal to the annual rate of basic pay for the head of an executive department (Executive Level I),” as CRS explains. Nothing in Obama’s request would change the pension formula.
Not all of the $588,000 increase is earmarked to cover the cost of Obama’s retirement. The budget justification document from the General Services Administration said $359,000 would be needed to cover the cost of Obama’s pension, staff, office and other related expenses. The rest — $229,000 — is needed to cover the rising costs of expenses for the current four living former presidents.
The GSA provided this breakdown of the net $588,000 increase:
$9,000 increase in pension costs for Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter.
$9,000 decrease in travel and transportation costs for George H.W. Bush.
$359,000 in new spending for “new former President Barack Obama,” including funds for his pension, beginning Jan, 20, 2017, as well as money for his staff, office and other related expenses, beginning on July 21, 2017.
$19,000 increase in additional personnel compensation for George H.W. and George W. Bush.
$36,000 increase in printing and communication costs for Carter, George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush.
$163,000 increase in rental payments for Carter, George W. Bush, Clinton and George H.W. Bush.
$6,000 increase in equipment purchases for George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush.
$5,000 for increased contractual services for George H.W. Bush, Carter and George W. Bush.
事实不能随便讲。他们会更愤怒的。
你以为当年小布什为John McCain竞选出门用的是民航机?
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The planned three-day stay, during which the president is being joined by family and former and current aides, will bring his total time spent at Camp David to all or part of 487 days.
Yes, that's 487 days. And Camp David is not even where the president has spent the most time when not at the White House: Knoller reports that Mr. Bush has made 77 visits to his ranch in Crawford during his presidency, and spent all or part of 490 days there. 26 at Kennebunkport, Maine.
这一点和川普很像。川普也是自己偷税漏税被抓住后大骂现有税法不严密。
snopes.com 本身就是为希拉里洗地的工具,Kim LaCapria 是一个 “openly left-leaning" and a liberal (她自己说的)。作为一个自称为“fact-checking” 的journalist, 本身就违背了最基本的规则。 而且如果你自己读,很多他们所谓“fact- check" 完全在鬼扯,绕来绕去,避开问题扯有的没的。引用MSM 的报道作为理论依据,你在逗我么?
前几天wikileaks 爆出来希拉里在自己email 里管中东穆斯林叫”sand nigger" , snopes 的洗地方式是说她只是在引用某个作者(Israeli author David Grossman,都特么不是英文原作)在自己作品用的词。问题是她的原文里没有任何引号,没有任何表示是引用的语句。 以为大家都是傻子么? 希特勒还写过《我的奋斗》 呢, 所以大家可以随便说任何种族主义的话,然后俩手一摊,“我只是引用的某个知名作者“么?
另外snopes 关于给希拉里为强奸犯辩护,之后“laughed about the case" 的洗地。早有人分析过了。
https://ethicsalarms.com/2016/07/31/bye-bye-snopes-youre-dead-to-me-now/
可长点心吧!
一看你就不报税。
“2011年10月6日及2012年6月18日,正值总统奥巴马任内民主党掌控参议院及众议院,两院分别通过一项道歉案,两院议员一致就《排华法案》向全体在美华人致歉。”
我喜欢以事实说话
凡是这些帖子和回复,我都绕道和不看,有功夫还是现实中去多多做些实际的。