pokoko on 16 November 2016
| NobleTeam360 said: Wow, that's a pretty odd thing for them to complain about. I didn't bother watching the video or anything so maybe I'm missing some context? |
I didn't watch the video either but I assume the disagreement is that it's a Constitutional requirement that a sitting President take a salary.
"The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them."
All Presidents have taken a salary, even if some of them donated it all to charity. George Washington declined at first but Congress felt that it was important that personal wealth not be a point of distinction in regards to public office.
