Perks of the Job

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Perks of the Job
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Bell Work

• What are some extras that comes with the job of
  being President?

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• Once a person becomes President of the United
  States, they get some cool stuff
• They have it for the entire time they are
  President and some expand beyond their years in
  office
• Shall we take a look...?

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Perk 1Salary

• the President receives 400,000 dollars a year
• over 4 years(1 term) that equals1.6 million!
• while they are in office, they spend hardly any
  of their salary because
• 50,000 expense account
• used for official expenses, travel, and
  entertainment
• basically used for wining and dining people

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• Congress decides how much money the President
  makes
• to prevent them from using this power to
  influence the President, whenever a salary raise
  is decided, it does not take place until the next
  presidential term

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Even though the President makes a lot of money,
and they are considered to be the most powerful
person in the world, take a look at this

• For the 2000 Major League Baseball season, the
  team with the lowest payroll per player was the
  Minnesota Twins averaging 601,680. The highest
  payroll (Yankees) players averaged 3,656,542
• Bill Gates makes enough in one year that he could
  pay the salary of President George W. Bush
  (400,000) for 132,000 years
• It is good to be President but you can make more
  money working somewhere else!!!!!!

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Perk 2White House
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• while President is in office, they the entire
  family lives, rent free, in the most well
  known/well protected house in America
• located at
• 1600 Pennsylvania Ave
• Washington, DC

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• interesting facts about White House
• There are 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, and 6 levels
  in the Residence. There are also 412 doors, 147
  windows, 28 fireplaces, 8 staircases, and 3
  elevators
• The White House requires 570 gallons of paint to
  cover its outside surface
• For recreation, the White House has a variety of
  facilities available to its residents, including
  a tennis court, jogging track, swimming pool,
  movie theater, and bowling lane

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Perk 3Transportation

• President has unlimited use of
• Air Force One (big plane)
• several limousines
• helicopters
• yacht
• any other transportation they might like
• also, the President never has to drive!

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Remember What is in, how these are made, and
what they can do are all considered
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Perk 4Camp David

• The President is also entitled to visit, at any
  time, their own private retreat
• is a mountain retreat located in Maryland
• the camp literally covers an entire mountain!!
• extremely secure!!
• can bring along anyone they want!!!

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Perk 5People

• the President is constantly surrounded by people
  helping him in one way or another
• White House Staff help with the day to day
  operations of the President
• maids, butlers, and chauffeurs do and go
  wherever President may want to
• Secret Service Presidents own bodyguards
• If the President can think of it, they can have
  it!

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Perk 6Information

• the President is also privy to massive amounts of
  information
• some of it is classified as TOP SECRET
• gets to know many things the average citizen will
  never get to know

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Perks 7-who knows.

• these are the most well known perks the President
  has
• no where in the Constitution are any of these
  things listedthey have just evolved over time
  just like the Presidency itself

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Assignment

• Take a look at the perks of being President of
  the United States and write a quality 1 page
  essay answering the following questions
• Is it right the President has so many perks?
• Which ones are the best/worst?
• If you were President, would you add or change
  any
• How do you suppose Presidential perks effect the
  job the leader of our country does?