How Much Does a US President Cost the Taxpayers?

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Every wondered how much the White House or the United States president cost every year? We looked at the numbers and here is what we found!

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Leaders of the so-called free world don’t
come cheap.

Whether they are taking trips on Air Force
One, hosting get-togethers with other world

leaders, or simply collecting a paycheck,
the job demands a fair bit of cash.

You might not be surprised that some leaders
are more expensive than others.

There have been men of power that pulled the
purse strings and others that weren’t quite

so frugal.

But can we blame the President if he, or possibly
in the future she, has to spend a lot on doing

the job right?

That’s what we will investigate today, in
this episode of the Infographics Show, How

Much Does a US President Cost the Taxpayers?

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First of all, we must think about salary.

(A book called “The Official Role of the
United States President - 2015: U.S.C.

Title 3,” said that) A President is currently
paid as follows: A basic salary of $400,000

a year, $50,000 in expenses, $100,000 for
a nontaxable travel account, and a mere stipend

of $19,000 for entertainment.

In total that’s $569,000 a year.

But, and there’s a big but, the President
also receives benefits.

Those include free housing at the White House
with all bills included, being driven around

in a presidential limousine, and taking trips
on Marine One and Air Force One.

We’ll get to the lowdown on those costs
later.

We should also add that forever more the President
receives $200,000 a year for his pension plus

healthcare.

It’s really not a bad job in terms of pay,
although as we know it seems to age you at

a ratio of about 4 years for every 1 year.

Another thing that is interesting is that
pay raises for this job don’t exactly happen

very often.

There have only been five pay raises for U.S.
presidents from 1789 to the present day.

The last one was in 2001 when the salary went
up from $200,000 to $400,000.

We shouldn’t feel bad for Presidents, though,
as the wage still puts them in the top one

percent of earners in the USA.

When talking about costs, we must include
salaries, but some Presidents refused to accept

their salary.

There have been three in all.

One of them is the current President, Donald
Trump, who has been donating his wad to other

causes than himself.

His first quarter salary went to the National
Park Service, and his second quarter salary

went to the Department of Education.

The other two American presidents to have
displayed such salary largesse were John F.

Kennedy and Herbert Hoover, although Time
magazine once reported that George Washington

declared in his inaugural address that he
would not accept the paycheck.

Lawmakers were not pleased with that idea
and told Washington it was unconstitutional.

We should say here that while Washington was
offered $25,000 for the job in his day’s

money, that would be around $600,000 today…We
might also add that Washington’s benefits

were not as extravagant as today’s president.

But, who was the most expensive President
so far?

Well, we should say that presidents don’t
stop costing the taxpayer money.

Presidents don’t only get a pension, but
they keep on receiving benefits.

This we must take into account when adding
up how much they cost.

For 2017 Obama broke the record for asking
for the biggest budget.

His expenses were $1,153,000, and this was
on top of the reported $400,000 he made for

giving one speech to Wall Street folks.

He also has a $65 million twin book deal in
the pipeline.

Fox news and other media reported that his
price for the Milan speech was $3.2 million,

although some media left the story alone so
we cannot confirm its veracity.

We mention this just to highlight that some
presidents obviously like to live the high-life,

which could give credence to them being expensive
while in office.

As for other former presidents, Bush’s expenses
for 2017 were $100,000 less than Obama’s,

Clinton’s $200,000 less and Jimmy Carter’s
$456,000 less.

But who has demanded the most cash while still
on the job?

Well, you might already know that just recently
the media reported that that title goes to

none other than Donald J. Trump.

He may not take a wage, but that’s nothing
compared to some of the costs for his lifestyle

and added extras to his job.

Just flying his family from his Mar-a-Lago
golf resort to New York during Easter reportedly

cost taxpayers $110,000.

According to the LA Times just travel and
protection made Trump’s “presidential

family the most expensive in history.”

His first 100 days cost a grand total of $30
million.

According to some reports Obama and family
were costing around $12 million a year.

But that doesn’t make much sense when we
read other reports from established media

who cite the think tank, Judicial Watch.

According to them, Obama’s travel costs,
including flights, hotels, car rentals and

all the foie gras and champagne one could
quaff, cost the taxpayer close to $106 million

dollars ($105,662,975.27) for his entire presidency.

We can only wait to see what Trump will clock-up
during his entire term, though.

To compare these two presidents, whom most
media seem to think have been the most costly

to the taxpayer, The Washington Post asked
the question in April this year: “Are President

Trump’s trips to Mar-a-Lago similar to Obama’s
travels?”

Roughly, wrote the post, Obama was costing
on average around $33,000 a day, although

they had his total eight years at $97 million
rather than what seems like the correct one

we stated before.

This is total cost divided by time as President.

What is perhaps unfair for Donald is that
people estimate his cost on what one travel

day or holiday costs, according to The Post.

Trump’s Mar-a-Lago trips reportedly cost
around $60,000 a day, but he also sometimes

goes there to work.

The conclusion was that both presidents were
perhaps asking for a little too much and both

were extremely expensive men in the big seat.

But what does the itemized bill look like?

In 2016 it was reported by various media that
the total cost of the White House, which includes

security, total staffing, entertainment, and
travel, was around 1.4 billion dollars a year.

But this also included policy making staff,
which adds a lot onto the bill.

Just moving around, whether from car to plane
to helicopter is a highly orchestrated thing

and it reportedly costs around $2,614 every
minute the president moves.

According to Business Insider it costs $200,000
an hour to operate Air Force one.

This is because of logistics, but also because
it’s a highly advanced machine with defense

capabilities.

The Beast Limos the presidents use each cost
$1.5 million to buy, never mind what they

cost to drive.

As for bills at the White House?

Well, food is not free, and you have to buy
your own face wash and black ties.

Utilities there are paid for, as is gardening
and cleaning, etc.

The bill for utilities and house staff is
unknown, but it’s estimated that staff and

day to day taking care of the White House,
plus bills, is around 13.5 million dollars

a year ($13,507,000).

One thing we should say is that Jimmy Carter
often gets the plaudits for being the most

well-behaved and least extravagant of U.S.
presidents.

Time magazine actually reported that in 1977,
two weeks after he was sworn in, he gave a

televised fireside chat from his West Wing
study to the American public.

People were surprised he was wearing a rather
informal woolly cardigan.

Apparently he’d turned down the heating
in the White House to save money and conserve

energy.

So, do you think these presidential costs
are ultimately worth it, or should the government

actively seek a way to reduce the presidential
price tag?

Let us know in the comments!

Also, be sure to check out our other video
called American Soldier vs British Soldier!

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