will he? On Jan 22, 6:17 pm, Ohio mark <[email protected]> wrote: > The salaries of President Obama and Vice President Biden are exempt > from the presidential executive order Obama signed in his first full > day in office that capped compensation for White House aides to > $100,000 a year. > > At his first White House press briefing, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs > today dodged a question about whether Obama and Biden intended to > "lead by example" by volunteering to reduce their own salaries. > > Gibbs replied that the president's $400,000 salary and the vice > president's $227,300 pay are set by law and cannot be modified by a > presidential executive order. > > The U.S. Constitution, in Article II, Section 1, stipulates that the > president's salary cannot be decreased or increased during his term. > > But nothing prevents a president from voluntarily forgoing > compensation. John F. Kennedy, an heir to his father's massive > fortune, and Herbert Hoover chose not to receive a presidential salary > during their terms. > > http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=86846 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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