Bush first ex-prez to face limit on Secret Service protection
By Maria Recio | McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush’s “after-life,” as Laura Bush calls the post-presidency, is shaping up to be pretty comfortable, with a Dallas office, staffers, Secret Service protection, a travel budget, medical coverage and a $196,700 annual pension, all at taxpayers’ expense.
However, Bush will be the first president not to benefit from one former lifetime benefit: Secret Service protection.
“He’ll be the first one to receive it for 10 years,” said Malcolm Wiley, Secret Service spokesman. Congress changed the law in the 1990s so that any president elected after Jan. 1, 1997, and his or her spouse will receive the federal protection for only 10 years.
The Bushes will move to their new $2 million, 8,500-square-foot Dallas home — not paid for by taxpayers — on Jan. 20, and there Bush will be close to his future presidential library at Southern Methodist University.
Do they still protect him if he is in jail???
The Secret Service have better things to do than to protect a Traitor which is the son of a Traitor.
I can just see Duhhhbya walking to his library surrounded with Black Water guards so he can read his book “A Charge to Keep”. The one written by Micky Herskowitz and then rewritten by Karen Hughes. They really shouldn’t let him live in the city because innocent people might be hurt when the sharpshooters come for him… 😎
You people ( I use the term loosely) are simple minded little ASSHOLES! This stupid article talks like President Bush gets something that no other president gets. His pension, health care, office, etc….Do you idiots remember Slickwilly clinton???? He got the same things. When are you ASSHOLES going to grow up? Now look what we have in the white house! BO! Stock market tanked below 6600. WOW! Hope you don’t have any money in the stinky market, everytime BO opens his big mouth, it tanks a little bit more….and you made fun of PRESIDENT BUSH!!! Ya’ll make me laugh!!!!
Well, Debbie, thanks for dropping by to “vent” about the huge problems Bush and Cheney left this country in!
But, please refrain from calling us names… otherwise, I will have to ban you.
Wow, I see that opposing views are not welcome here. You can bet your ass that obama will change that back. By the time he is done, he will need lifetime protection. After 15 months, Obama has already left us more of a mess.. Great job, Sheeple!
THE idea of receiving benefits as a pastpresident should be attached to his quality ofleadership, notthe way in which he ran the nation into s hole oer his eight years in office. One day for sure Bush will be called on for pay back in a 8×10 foot cell, It seemsthat the only quality of Bush was toloose control of every business attempt he has made just befor each business went bankrupt! parallels with the way he managed the nation.
I’m hoping Jeb Bush runs for president. Its the only hope this country has to get us out of the hole that Obama has dug for us.
Well, in my book, it just seems wrong to laugh while screaming profanities, but then too, it seems somewhat misinformed to ascribe total powers of government to one person.
Maybe it would be a good idea to take a good look at the powers that be, like, the seamless exploitation of the sheeple that has been going on over many generations.
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You republicans r retared. Obama was in office days, weeks, months and you morons were blamin him for the economy. Seriously you guys are fuckin retared.
It seems like a really bad idea to limit Secret Service protection to any former President. Regardless of any political differences you may have, it would be tragic to lose the life of a former President because we wanted to be cheap.
Right on Wayne…
The best way to keep Duhbya save is to jail him. It would save $$$ and he belongs there anyway…G:
Lets see how you all feel about paying for insurance that god know when you will get any benrfit from. No one really seems to know if he is a true American or not. Also the person that is suppose to be our first lady (ha ha) told the world how they felt abot our country,our flag, and our national anthem. What kind of Americans (ha ha again) are they?
Lets see how you all feel about paying for insurance that god know when you will get any benrfit from. No one really seems to know if he is a true American or not. Also the person that is suppose to be our first lady (ha ha) told the world how they felt about our country,our flag, and our national anthem. What kind of Americans (ha ha again) are they?
Louis, you mean sort of like you Dems did when President Bush was elected and then only months later, the terrorist attacks occurred? Then it was only Bush’s fault. Not the terrible position of security that President Clinton left us in?
They shouldn’t get ANY protection once they leave office…cause frankly speaking I don’t care what happens to them. Especially war criminal Bush.
Listening to this diatribe of idiocies being spoken here really shows me how devided this country has truley become. What ever happened to personal responsibilities for how this country is. This is still a country of “We the people” shouldn’t we take the our share of the this situation the country is in. We still are the ones who can change things. Instead of blaming the outgoing or incoming president let’s take a more serious look at our other elected officials the ones that really shape our true futures. You want to place blame it is the house and the senate who really has the real power.
They should still get protection for life there are to many nuts in this world
Well is been almost 4 years under Ono what do all you people who voted for him think of his power grabins going behind congress and failure to disclose any of his past but wants Romney to disclose his records for past years and we know no more about him than anybody in office all we know is he has millions of our money to keep his past hidden if anybody needs to be in jail its him and his wife her because she has spent more money on staff and trips than the last 10 first lady’s she taking us for a ride