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2. Yeah who does he think he is George Washington or something...

Sun Jun 23, 2019, 03:04 PM

Jun 2019

Washington nobly insisted on no salary, his expenses ($449,261.51) over an eight year period nobly outweighed the total salary he would have received for the same period ($48,000).

[link:https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/marvin-kitman/george-washingtons-expense-account/|]

I've met the author a couple of times. Oh there is truth when you dig down into the records. When he was elected President, Washington offered the same arrangement but Congress refused.

[link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2017/03/15/why-americas-founding-fathers-wanted-the-president-to-take-a-salary/]

[link:https://ivn.us/2016/11/28/modern-lessons-george-washingtons-expense-accounts/|]

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