rossid
09-11-2008, 07:00 PM
I received the following from a friend. It has one major factual flaw.
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A president's pension currently is $191,300 per year, until he is 80 years old.
Assuming the next president lives to age 80, Sen. McCain would receive ZERO pension as he would reach 80 at the end of two terms as president. Sen. Obama would be retired for 26 years after two terms and would receive $4,973,800 in pension.
Therefore it would certainly make economic sense to elect McCain in November.
How's that for non-partisan thinking?
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Okay, let's correct this. The presidential pension is for life, so McCain would receive it after he turns 80. Put that aside. The simple fact that Sen. Obama is 25 years younger means that he could quite possibly receive the nearly $5M. Looking at it that way, we can come to the same conclusion: electing Sen. McCain is still economically wise.
Plus has anyone considered what it will look like in 16 years when Barack is out there on the campaign trail messing up Michelle's chances to win the Democratic nomination?!? Please save her the aggravation and humiliation. Save a marriage; vote McCain.
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A president's pension currently is $191,300 per year, until he is 80 years old.
Assuming the next president lives to age 80, Sen. McCain would receive ZERO pension as he would reach 80 at the end of two terms as president. Sen. Obama would be retired for 26 years after two terms and would receive $4,973,800 in pension.
Therefore it would certainly make economic sense to elect McCain in November.
How's that for non-partisan thinking?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Okay, let's correct this. The presidential pension is for life, so McCain would receive it after he turns 80. Put that aside. The simple fact that Sen. Obama is 25 years younger means that he could quite possibly receive the nearly $5M. Looking at it that way, we can come to the same conclusion: electing Sen. McCain is still economically wise.
Plus has anyone considered what it will look like in 16 years when Barack is out there on the campaign trail messing up Michelle's chances to win the Democratic nomination?!? Please save her the aggravation and humiliation. Save a marriage; vote McCain.