Wed May 9, 2012, 07:47 PM

Galraedia (2,573 posts)

George W. Bush Requests More Taxpayer Dollars Than Any Other Former President

Source: Huffington Post

George W. Bush is slated to receive $1.3 million in taxpayer dollars for fiscal year 2013, including $85,000 in phone costs and $26,000 in printing costs, according to a budget proposal compiled by the General Services Administration.

The money -- provided under the Former Presidents Act of 1958, which grants ex-presidents a taxpayer-sponsored "annual allowance" -- goes toward office expenses, staff and travel.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/09/george-w-bush-requests-more-taxpayer-dollars_n_1502819.html?ref=politics

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George W. Bush Requests More Taxpayer Dollars Than Any Other Former President (Original post)	Galraedia	May 2012	OP
Hey, tequila is expensive... n/t	3waygeek	May 2012	#1
I will hate that sonofabitch until one of us is gone.	russspeakeasy	May 2012	#29
Continuing the I'm NEVER wrong meme	Politicalboi	May 2012	#2
Seems to me Austerity should come to the Former Presidents Act	dballance	May 2012	#3
I can see further security	Politicalboi	May 2012	#6
The Crayon cost is what's really eating up the budget	thelordofhell	May 2012	#4
Not to mention the coloring books.	asjr	May 2012	#10
This reminds me	jjv	May 2012	#38
Do you miss him?	lunatica	May 2012	#41
Legacy	bongbong	May 2012	#44
$85 thousand for phone calls?	DainBramaged	May 2012	#5
* still hasn't learned how to use email, that's why	wordpix	May 2012	#21
Probably drunk dialing and texting	dflprincess	May 2012	#28
Good one!	Marie Marie	May 2012	#35
I would HAPPILY have my taxes go for	FailureToCommunicate	May 2012	#7
I'd hate for one of America's war criminals to do without.	Solly Mack	May 2012	#8
If Dubya would just go to a paperless office, we could save	shcrane71	May 2012	#9
This act should be repealed.	hifiguy	May 2012	#11
Magic Jack!	Betsy Ross	May 2012	#12
Printing costs?	JBoy	May 2012	#13
He's probably	Politicalboi	May 2012	#14
he's self-publishing his rewritten history book	wordpix	May 2012	#22
Austerity for Assholes!	MichiganVote	May 2012	#15
There's a pork barrel project to eliminate.	muntrv	May 2012	#16
And we were expecting?	Turbineguy	May 2012	#17
Once a thief, always a thief. nt	valerief	May 2012	#18
Paying his room & board at Leavenworth would be much cheaper	Doctor_J	May 2012	#19
The English lessons alone would have cost a million!	Sarcasticus	May 2012	#20
"...More Taxpayer Dollars Than Any Other Former President"	unkachuck	May 2012	#23
why is he so expensive to keep	Rosa Luxemburg	May 2012	#24
I'm not opposed to a level of support.....	Swede Atlanta	May 2012	#25
Jimmy Carter	cosmicone	May 2012	#27
Yes!	southerncrone	May 2012	#32
There's a bill that would cut off the support for former presidents whose income is	NYC Liberal	May 2012	#37
Cheaper to keep him in prison ...	Martin Eden	May 2012	#26
the US Government is still his private commissary account I see	Suji to Seoul	May 2012	#30
Good time to get rid of this act.	southerncrone	May 2012	#31
So much for the "MBA businessman".	Zoeisright	May 2012	#33
Maybe if the government blocked his access to 900 numbers	mysuzuki2	May 2012	#34
Apparently running a think tank is more expensive than you thought	jmowreader	May 2012	#36
With Free Nationwide Long Distance ....	bucolic_frolic	May 2012	#39
Whats it cost for incarceration?	madokie	May 2012	#40
When I'm a big boy, I'm going to pull myself up by my own bootstraps.	tanyev	May 2012	#42
Well, here's a no-brainer law to repeal that would save money. (nt)	harmonicon	May 2012	#43
We'd hear all about this if it were a Dem	Marthe48	May 2012	#45
That's only because everything costs so much more since he was president.	truthisfreedom	May 2012	#46
Legally he is due this	Steerpike	May 2012	#47

Response to Galraedia (Original post)

Wed May 9, 2012, 07:48 PM

3waygeek (2,034 posts)

George W. Bush Requests More Taxpayer Dollars Than Any Other Former President

1. Hey, tequila is expensive... n/t

29. I will hate that sonofabitch until one of us is gone.

2. Continuing the I'm NEVER wrong meme

3. Seems to me Austerity should come to the Former Presidents Act

6. I can see further security

4. The Crayon cost is what's really eating up the budget

10. Not to mention the coloring books.

38. This reminds me

41. Do you miss him?

44. Legacy

5. $85 thousand for phone calls?

21. * still hasn't learned how to use email, that's why

28. Probably drunk dialing and texting

35. Good one!

7. I would HAPPILY have my taxes go for

8. I'd hate for one of America's war criminals to do without.

9. If Dubya would just go to a paperless office, we could save

11. This act should be repealed.

12. Magic Jack!

13. Printing costs?

14. He's probably

22. he's self-publishing his rewritten history book

15. Austerity for Assholes!

16. There's a pork barrel project to eliminate.

17. And we were expecting?

18. Once a thief, always a thief. nt

19. Paying his room & board at Leavenworth would be much cheaper

20. The English lessons alone would have cost a million!

23. "...More Taxpayer Dollars Than Any Other Former President"

24. why is he so expensive to keep

25. I'm not opposed to a level of support.....

27. Jimmy Carter

32. Yes!

37. There's a bill that would cut off the support for former presidents whose income is

26. Cheaper to keep him in prison ...

30. the US Government is still his private commissary account I see

31. Good time to get rid of this act.

33. So much for the "MBA businessman".

34. Maybe if the government blocked his access to 900 numbers

36. Apparently running a think tank is more expensive than you thought

39. With Free Nationwide Long Distance ....

40. Whats it cost for incarceration?

42. When I'm a big boy, I'm going to pull myself up by my own bootstraps.

43. Well, here's a no-brainer law to repeal that would save money. (nt)

45. We'd hear all about this if it were a Dem

46. That's only because everything costs so much more since he was president.

47. Legally he is due this