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Actually, the official salary for the office of president was raised to 400,000 back in 2001. I don't know if it's been raised since then or not, though.
i just saw on the local news how "president" george bush has been making a little over 700000 dollars a year!!!!
how is this possible? How do rich people even like this???
I thought the standard salary for presidents was 200K dollars, a set in stone salary?
They said on the news how clinton even made this amount, and they gave bush the raise so now that he's gotten a raise, regular congressmen can get an additional boost.
This is a travesty, Bush is Stupidity Incarnate, and he has been making 700000 dollars of our tax money a year. Proud to be living here. let me tell ya.
Actually, the official salary for the office of president was raised to 400,000 back in 2001. I don't know if it's been raised since then or not, though.
I don't necessarily like Bush, but I'm all in favor of $700K for a guy with a trigger finger on the biggest collection of WMDs ever known.
Throw in a raise for all I care.
Anyone know how much Ashlee Simpson made last year?
He will never make what I make at newman Enterprises.
Even with all the money he won't buy me a glass of water.
Bushes Report 2004 Income
Cheneys, Too, File Their Tax Returns
By DEB RIECHMANN, AP
President and Laura Bush gave about 10 percent of their adjusted income to churches and charities.
WASHINGTON (April 15) - President Bush reported adjusted gross income of $784,219 for last year, on which he paid $207,307 in federal taxes - about $20,000 less than the previous year, according to the president's return released Friday by the White House.
In 2003 the president and first lady Laura Bush reported $822,126 in adjusted gross income and paid $227,490 in federal income taxes.
On their 2004 return the Bushes listed as income his presidential salary - about $400,000 - and investment income from trusts that hold their assets.
The couple contributed $77,785 - about 10 percent of their adjusted gross income - to churches and charitable organizations. Those included Evergreen Chapel at Camp David, Md., St. John's Church in Washington, the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army World Service Office, AmeriCares, an international relief organization; and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
The Bushes paid $22,158 in state property taxes on their ranch near Crawford, Texas, up slightly from $21,352.
The White House also released the 2004 tax return filed by Vice President Cheney and his wife, Lynne.
The report shows the Cheneys owe federal taxes for 2004 of $393,518 on adjusted gross income of $1.7 million.
Cheney earned $203,000 from his salary as vice president and $194,852 in deferred income from Halliburton Co.
Throughout last year, the Cheneys paid $290,855 in taxes through withholding and estimated tax payments. When they filed their return on Friday, they paid the remaining $102,663.
The Cheneys' income included the vice president's $203,000 government salary and $194,852 in deferred compensation from Halliburton Co., the Dallas-based energy services firm he headed until Aug. 16, 2000.
Cheney elected in December 1998 to recoup over five years a portion of the money he made in 1999 as chief executive officer of Halliburton. This amount was to be paid in annual installments - with interest - after Cheney's retirement from Halliburton.
"The amount of deferred compensation received by the vice president is fixed and is not affected in any way by Halliburton's current economic performance or earnings,'' a statement issued by the White House said.
The Cheneys' tax return also reports Mrs. Cheney's wage and salary income from the American Enterprise Ins ute, a conservative think tank in Washington, and compensation for sitting on the board of Reader's Digest until retiring in 2003.
The Cheneys donated $303,354 to charity in 2004, primarily from royalties from Simon & Schuster on Mrs. Cheney's books: "America: A Patriotic Primer,'' "A is for Abigail: An Almanac of Amazing American Women'' and "When Washington Crossed the Delaware: A Wintertime Story for Young Patriots.''
Bush spent a portion of Tax Day in a suburban cafe in Ohio promoting the idea of making the tax cuts passed during his administration permanent.
The White House gathered five local small business owners to sit with the president around a table at the Yours Truly Restaurant in Mentor, Ohio, and talk for the cameras about tax relief and how it had helped them expand their businesses and hire more employees.
"Tax relief helps small businesses. If you're interested in expanding jobs, one way to do so is to help small businesses,'' the president said. If Congress allows the tax cuts to expire, as most are now slated to do, "your taxes are going to go up,'' Bush said.
No soiled underwear?The couple contributed $77,785 - about 10 percent of their adjusted gross income - to churches and charitable organizations. Those included Evergreen Chapel at Camp David, Md., St. John's Church in Washington, the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army World Service Office, AmeriCares, an international relief organization; and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
gave away 10%... that's a lot of change!
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