| highwaystar101 said: No, he didn't deserve it. Even I would admit that he has been all talk and no action up until this point. Maybe in three or four years when he has been able to bring a few of his plans into action and they have worked, then yeah, why not. But so far he hasn't done anything to warrant the Nobel peace prize. That said, I do like the fact he has donated the prize money to charity, it really speaks to your character to give $1,000,000 away. |
I dunno.
He's already worth millions and he's got a presidential pension which is about the best one you can get ever since Ulysses S Grant went broke and Congress pretty much said "never again."
Also I mean after his presidency he's going to be getting paid 6 figures just to give speaches.
It plays much better for him and works in his favor to give it away. I can't see any politician keeping that money... well except Al Gore.
For example Dick Cheney gave away something like 7 million dollars while vice president... not many people think of Dick Cheney as someone with a particularly good character.
Edit: and don't worry about grant. He ended up selling is autobiography to Mark Twain and made back some money. Still it was too close a call. Ironically said memoirs are hailed as some of the best every written. A great piece of litteratrue that was produced out of destitution that would of never came about had Grant not been ripped off.
