President Obama plans to return five percent of his salary to Treasury.

[OneFootInTheGrave]

It would be interesting to see all the rich (with income 400k + ) in America to contribute 5% of their income into tax coffers to help cover the debt.... they don't need it anyway. Lead by example.

[MrFun]

You mean this is his crowning accomplishment? The one good deed Obama has done that Fox really should have covered but didn't?

You don't get my point.

[MrFun]

MrFun, I like the President, but even I can admit this is a complete PR gimmick.

Well if you don't like symbolic positive acts, that's your call I guess.

[Hauldren Collider]

No, but it could try to cover at least ONE good thing Obama has done in the years he's been president so far.

Most of what Obama does that he thinks is good is stuff that Republicans think is bad.

[Imran Siddiqui]

This isn't exactly the time for mere symbols... that won't do anything anyways.

[Tupac Shakur]

I agree with Mr Fun. This is the best thing Obama has done as President.

[Hauldren Collider]

It would be interesting to see all the rich (with income 400k + ) in America to contribute 5% of their income into tax coffers to help cover the debt.... they don't need it anyway. Lead by example.

They already pay taxes. If you want them to pay more, raise taxes, obviously. If you continue this logic to its conclusion, they should just pay everything because "they don't need it". What is it with people and suggesting things that logically reduce to literally communism?

I agree with Mr Fun. This is the best thing Obama has done as President.

Oh yeah and QFT

[giblets]

You don't get my point.

You don't have a point. I'm guessing you don't even watch Fox and so have no basis for you claim that Fox never reports anything good Obama does. The notion that their alleged failure to report this one thing means they're not willing to report anything good about Obama is laughable unless you think this is the only good thing Obama has ever done.

[Aeson]

They already pay taxes. If you want them to pay more, raise taxes, obviously. If you continue this logic to its conclusion, they should just pay everything because "they don't need it". What is it with people and suggesting things that logically reduce to literally communism?

Your logic metaphorically reduces to organic fertilizer.

Communism isn't the voluntary sharing of discretionary income earned (largely) through a free market economy.

[giblets]

Logically Christians should literally be communists because Jesus said you should give your stuff to the poor.

[SlowwHand]

MrFun, I like the President, but even I can admit this is a complete PR gimmick.

Obama is an ass. I can't believe some idiot hasn't killed him yet.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Wow. Just when I think you can't say anything more stupid.

[SlowwHand]

What is stupid about saying that I said? If I advocated it, that would be stupid. I readily acknowledged that it would be an idiot.
You can like him all you want, but the fact remains, Kennedy was shot and Lincoln was shot and idiots still abound. So what's your beef, big boy?

[Wiglaf]

Secret Service has changed a lot since Lincoln was president

[Kidlicious]

So the President is only taking in 380k/yr to show his solidarity with workers. Wow!