# How often does the President get paid? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 7, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-the-president-get-paid/770975 "2016-11-07T18:31:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-the-president-get-paid/770975/41 "2016-11-10T02:50:58Z")
> [@bob\_2](#): > > \ Mrs. SMV and me. > > Sorry but I find this really annoying for some reason. > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I is correct when it’s the subject; me is correct when it’s the object. > > So you say _“Jake and I went to the store”_ and _“Mom drove Jake and me to the store.”_ Bob++ was correct; it should be _“he had Mrs. SMV and me hanging on his every word.”_ Both of you are completely correct. Don’t know how I missed it. Thanks for pointing that out; these sorts of things bug the crap out of wait, “me”, or “I”… “me”, definitely me. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-the-president-get-paid/770975/42 "2016-11-10T04:26:26Z")
It’s an example of case, which is a very small grammatical issue in English. There are other languages, Latin for example, where case is a big deal and people have to pay more attention to it. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-the-president-get-paid/770975/43 "2016-11-10T17:49:08Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Which leads to the other perennial question - does the Prez carry any money, and if so, how much, and why?.. Different Presidents do different things. Ford and Obama were mentioned earlier. JFK often bummed money from friends, despite being quite wealthy himself. Reagan once stopped at a McDonald’s during the 1984 campaign. He ordered his lunch, took the tray and then walked away without paying, much to the glee of the White House press corps. He didn’t have any money with him, so an aide paid for the meal. > [@muldoonthief](#): > > Obama has teenage daughters. So if his experience is anything like mine, every time he pulls out his wallet he says “What the hell?” before remembering they wheedled all his ready cash from him over the weekend. He needs this T-shirt: [https://cliquewear.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/first-national-bank-of-dad-closed-BOW-tt-600x600.jpg](https://cliquewear.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/first-national-bank-of-dad-closed-BOW-tt-600x600.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![RadicalPi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/radicalpi/32/9806_2.png) [@RadicalPi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadicalPi)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-the-president-get-paid/770975/44 "2016-11-10T18:18:42Z")
To actually answer the OP, the president is paid monthly, according to 3 USC 102. [https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/3/102](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/3/102) ---
**Author:** ![glas\_onion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9dc877/32.png) [@glas\_onion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glas_onion)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-the-president-get-paid/770975/45 "2016-11-15T12:01:02Z")
[Here’s](http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/only-in-irelandpresident-michael-d-higgins-makes-atm-trip-30130438.html) an article about the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, standing in line for an ATM ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2016, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-the-president-get-paid/770975/46 "2016-11-15T13:46:26Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > every Tom Dick and Harry with a burger joint That’s three. Who are the other two guys? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-does-the-president-get-paid/770975.md?page=2)