President Barack Obama will return 5 percent of his salary each month to the Treasury in a show of solidarity with federal workers smarting from government-wide spending cuts, the White House said Wednesday.

Obama's decision grew out of a desire to share in the sacrifice that government employees are making, said a White House official, who was not authorized to discuss the decision publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. Hundreds of thousands of workers could be forced to take unpaid leave – known as furloughs – if Congress does not reach an agreement to undo the cuts.

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Hmmmm.

Free room and board.

Utilities, too.

Free childcare and transportation.

What percentage of salary is all of that compared to a typical governmental worker?

Oh yeah, like that wasn't deliberately leaked to the media.

(04-03-2013, 05:20 PM)Duchess Wrote:
President Barack Obama will return 5 percent of his salary each month to the Treasury . . .

There's a math wizard out there . . . somewhere . . . praising Obama for donating 60% of his salary.

Nigga Math.