5% of his $400,000 annual salary is $1,667 a month. I doubt that'll even make up for his girls' recent vacations! Sequester, what sequester? Moreover, according to his own principles, shouldn't his fair share be about 35%? Maybe he's getting that 5% figure mixed up with the number of his own voters who think he's the anti-Christ! Really? Hey, you can't make this stuff up.NYTimes: President Obama plans to return 5 percent of his salary to the Treasury in solidarity with federal workers who are going to be furloughed as part of the automatic budget cuts known as the sequester, an administration official said Wednesday.
“The president has decided that to share in the sacrifice being made by public servants across the federal government that are affected by the sequester, he will contribute a portion of his salary back to the Treasury,” the official said.
ADDENDUM: And yet, the sequester concert rolls on!
How rich.FoxNews: Though the White House has been singing the sequester blues, the Obamas still have managed to scrape together enough cash to throw a star-studded concert celebrating "Memphis Soul" later this month.
The White House announced Tuesday that the 10th concert in its "In Performance at the White House" series would go on April 16. Set to perform are Al Green, Ben Harper, Queen Latifah, Cyndi Lauper and Justin Timberlake, among many others.
Though the White House last month decided to suspend official tours of the "people's house" citing the sequester, the budget cuts apparently have not impeded the concert schedule.
