Do you think the US President should be entitled to expensive perks?

I wish we'd give all elected officials from the state level up to the president the same thing, a house to live in while they are in office, enough food to keep them fed and a small pittance for life items. Maybe we'd get a better class of politician if we'd didn't make them so wealthy. Maybe they'd be better if they had to live like ordinary folks, barely making it from paycheck to paycheck

Well I think they should have to pay for non job related things. I for one am tired of paying for over price hair cuts. How about you? After all, what are we paying the president a salary for if we are footing all his bills.

The President is human just like anyone else, and as such should not be eligable for perks that the rest of the population wouldn't get. Getting perks that are not related to the job on the tax payer's dime only encourages corruption in any organization, not just in politics.

The office of president is such that there really is no distinctive line between "non job related" and "job related". I mean, what is "job related" about the private residence in the White House? When the president and his family travel, even for "vacation", they can't just buy a few airline tickets and book hotel rooms. They are required by law to travel in Air Force One, and the entourage that goes with them is not by their choice. If the president were required to pay for all the things that the law requires of them, we would either have to raise the pay enormously, or ask the president to work for nothing.

i think they should pay non-job related exppenses, so they will be able to see how diffiult it is for normal citizens. if the president has to pay the taxes, he will have a clearer view on how does it affect others. and also, maybe the pay should not be so high, so, like what i said, they will be able to understand your plight better.

In the past presidents really didn't take lavish vacations to foreign countries, but the last two have. President Clinton when to China, and Europe in his last year. George W. Bush has spent more time on vacation than any other president in our nations history. Our president does have to have vehicles that can protect him, but does he need to fly around where ever he wants spending hundreds of thousands of dollars a day on travel? NO he doesn't, but this won't stop Bush, or our next president from doing so.

I think the president needs to pay for it himself. The problem arrises when he needs to get there. When he became president he signed a paper saying he would not drive so he we have to pay for that part. Then we pay for the secret service to keep him safe.