POTUS ~ Question about Perks

Factual Questions
1

So I heard that the POTUS has a yearly salary of $400,000, and that he receives this salary for life, regardless if he only serves one term or two.
Is this true? Indexed?

Also, do they get Secret Service protection for the rest of their lives?
So lets say President Obama retires after serving one term at the age of 51, he gets 400k for the rest of his life, and a Secret Service detail forever and ever?

I wonder how many agents they asign to a former President who has been retired for 20+ years and is yesterday’s news.

I just find this stuff very interesting.
Thank you

Gus

2

I’ve never heard that the president gets that salary for life. That claim sounds rather dubious and unnecessary, especially when you consider the kind of cash a former president can rake in doing speeches.

Clinton was the last president to receive lifetime SS protection, as he signed a bill limiting SS protection for former presidents to 10 years.

3

According to this he get’s a pension equal to the pay of a cabinet secretary, $191,300.

4

Bush will get lifetime protection as well.

5

No, he won’t. The Secret Service’s own FAQ agrees with BrandonR’s statement above. The statute the FAQ cites, PL 103-329, was signed by President Clinton on Sep. 30, 1994.

6

^
Bush will probably get protection even past 10 years, with the WOT it was agreed that the decision was hasty.

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8

Nope, read the FAQ

9

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10

I did read it. That is why i edited it. At one time i read that it was his immediate family also gets it. That article has changed since i last read it. They took out a question about the firearms that they carry which I was going to use as an example as the FAQ being incomplete

11

Quick question: Is ‘perk’ an acceptable form of ‘perquisite’ now, as opposed to ‘perq’?

12

What if Obama declares peace with Terror? Or victory over it?

“Sorry, W, but nobody wants you dead any more.”

13

According to the OED, yes:

However, it has been in use since 1869, so “now” doesn’t seem to have the meaning you infer.

14

Hm. I’ve only recently seen it spelled with a ‘k’.

Thanks.

15

I’ve never seen it spelled with a ‘q’.

16

I’ve always seen it spelled with a K, “Perks of the job,” and whatnot…