Episode 369 • • 1:37:00 - 1:40:40
369: Phobos Grunts
White House Maintenance Budget and Presidential Compensation
An analysis of HR 2055, the Military Construction and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, reveals the budget for the White House. The hosts are shocked to find that "care, maintenance, and refurnishing" of the executive residence costs over $13.4 million annually. They contrast this $1 million-per-month maintenance bill with the president's $400,000 salary and $50,000 expense allowance.