PERKS AND THE PRESIDENT

Politicians can smell power the way others can smell a cologne. This is why we have got to revisit the compensation package we pay United States Presidents. Our current leader feels he has unlimited power because we are at war. Projecting ahead, any president who wants to keep these powers must avoid peace at all costs. That is not how an incentive program should work.
I’m suggesting that we change things up. From now on if a President serves the maximum 8 years without getting us into any unnecessary wars, he or she should receive a flat billion dollars. Talk about a bargain.
We could also kick in another 100 million if he or she avoids torturing anybody anywhere.
Now the bad side: If the national debt doubles from 5 trillion to 10 trillion as it is scheduled to under this President, then he loses his pension. However, if the national debt is in better shape at the end of a president’s term than at the start, we kick in an extra 500 million. Think of the candidates we would draw.
Of course there’s a problem with this plan and I know it. The punishment or reward doesn’t occur till after the term in office is over.
Okay, let’s look at the main perk all the presidents rave about: Air Force One, which is now a 747. First, I say any President who truly brings world peace gets to keep it. Relax, we’re safe on that one.
However, in our revised compensation plan, if the President gets us into an unnecessary war while doubling the national debt and making America synonymous with torture, well, then he or she has to travel around the United States in a very secure, very expensive bus.