What is the pension of a US President?

Danny Powell Clinton, unlike all Republican presidents in the last 50 years, left office with a surplus and we were better off financially when he left than when he took office. Obama will leave us in better financial shape again. He has reduced the enormous debt left us by W, by more than 2/3!

War crimes pay well... George W should be making gravel out of boulders at Leavenworth.

You are wrong on several fronts. Bill Clinton signed the law in September 1999 doubling the pay for the NEXT president. So, yes, it was a POS president who first got $400K. That being Baby Bush, not Obama, whom you inaccurately referred to as a POS. Obama has done a great job of cleaning up Dumbya's horrible messes. But the question was about the pension after leaving office, not the salary for a sitting president.

Mr Powell, what did Obama do to you ? Is this just a visceral reaction to his race?

Bill Mcnair, he has repeatedly smoked your pathetic hide. You just love being made a fool of.

Bill Mcnair I don't smoke anything. I use facts and figures to back up my reality. You are apparently used to altering yours with drugs. Put your weed away and face reality sometime. There is this thing called the internet. Why not do some research sometime and educate yourself instead of trying to ridicule someone for being right? It only makes you appear foolish. There are two kinds of people you don't argue with. 1. Someone who is right. I fall into this category. 2. A fool. They don't listen, no matter what. I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt this time. It won't happen again.

William Laughlin The surplus was due to a Republican controlled congress not Clinton!

The correct answer is $207,800. Former presidents receive a pension equal to the pay that the head of an executive department (Executive Level I) would be paid, as of 2017 $207,800 per year. The pension begins immediately after a president's departure from office. If your going to ask a question, you might want to at least copy/paste up to date and correct information. Mr.LaFaye, your information is at best misleading.

Ben Totuous, Your disgusting racist attitude needs to sit down and rethink your attitude. If you can't even play a simple trivia game without dragging innocent people into dramatics of such disgusting arrogance. Anyone with a brain who knows how to use a computer, knows how to research the things you. Further, before you start spreading untruths and slamming people in such a derogatory way, you might want to think your response first before you step yourself into a legal position your not will to defend in a court. William Lauglin is correct with his statements: Clinton, unlike all Republican presidents in the last 50 years, left office with a surplus and we were better off financially when he left than when he took office. Obama will leave us in better financial shape again. He has reduced the enormous debt left us by W, by more than 2/3!

Got it

Several presidents most notably LBJ, Carter, Clinton, & Obama don't deserve a pension. They don't really need them either! With the exorbitant fees they charge for their speeches plus the books they write the pension for any politician should be made a thing of the past.

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williamrlaughlin, Perv Clinton had a surplus only because the Republican Congress did not allow any of his spending bills to pass. The surplus was a fake.

williamrlaughlin, That's the DEFICIT, not the DEBT. WL, you seem smart enough to know the difference. I explained in a separate post how this statistical illusion was wrought.

Bruce Cassamajor, Bad prediction. 45 does not draw any salary. Ready to apologize yet?

anthonygriffin, re your "President Bill Clinton left office after two terms, with a $138 billion dollar surplus in the economy."—Much of the surplus was due to RR policies that brought down the USSR and allowed 42 to save funds by decimating our national defenses. In the long run, we paid for that false frugality. BTW, much of the saving were generated as taxes by RR policies that improved the economy.

Vasily Tchaikovsky, Your spelling is much better than your facts. 44 increased the national debt to all-time record levels.

Eric Foelker, He does not even draw a salary.

Karin Johansson, Really Karin? A "buffert" account. I can't respond because I have no idea what you mean. I wonder if you do. Although, I will refrain from trying to tell Sweden how to handle its problems.

Carol Brown, I think he confused National Debt with National Deficit. Because 43, shortly before leaving office, signed the bi-partisan stimulus package add-on to the 2009 budget, the Dems count that as part of 43's last budget. Of course, it was 44 who spent the 2009 budget. The first budget 44 signed was for 2010. Naturally, that budget did not include the stimulus funds (which 44 had already spent). Based on the difference between the 2009 and the 2010 budgets, 44 claimed credit for reducing the deficit. The media never clarified this misdirection. In truth, 44 practically doubled the debt, which is what really matters.

This question is out of date.

Should have included the year in the question.