| JWeinCom said: I seriously have to ask based on your posts, do you uncritically accept whatever you see on some poorly edited youtube video that cherry picks quotes to make a dishonest argument? Do you actually look into these things? The article that he's quoting in the video does not show anyone "screaming bloody murder". The article explains why there is a tradition of the president accepting his salary. The reason for that is simply because they don't want to set the precedent. The concept of the president receiving a salary is to ensure that he has enough money that he can't be easily tempted or bribed, and also to symbolically show he is an employee of the people. Obviously, this isn't a big issue for Trump, and it hasn't been for pretty much any recent president. However, this might be an issue for a future president who is not already rich. For that reason, they don't want it to become a tradition for the president to refuse his salary. If it becomes a tradition, then there may be pressure on future presidents to also refuse the salary, which might discourage non-rich people from taking the office. Nobody is really going crazy over this... except for you. A few news sources have posted articles explaining in a reasonably sober manner why Trump should take a salary, and donate it to charity if he wishes". Nobody is "screaming bloody murder" or saying ridiculous things like "is there nothing left of the greatness America once had". The only one really overreacting is you. |
He's overracting. Still, Trump will not take a salary, you need a sick bias as a journalist to make a news on the fact that it's bad... not just bad, bad for Democracy. It does not make any sense because JFK already did it, because you can't prevent bribery with just 400.000$ a year when a campain alone is worth hundred of millions of dollars, and when billion dollar worth companies can spend anytime 250.000$ for a single speech. Just talking about Democracy, and founding Fathers, and bribery in this case is already getting crazy. Journalism has really gone low and shameless, and that's one of the reason why Trump could win, because a lot of people just can't stand mainstream media, can't trust them, and will see bias and lies in it even if there were none based on such crappy news. I can tell you, I learned English by reading the New York Times every days, and it was a great newspaper IMO. Nowadays I check the website to know what is the trendy bullshit in mainstream media. And that's an important issue, because if they don't do their job, any crazy guy on youtube is good enough.
