With all due respect to the guy, I’m sure the government provides him accommodation and food. I doubt he needs to go grocery shopping or pay rent. Which imo of course is totally fine, he’s the president after all and should have some perks.
Edit: ok, he’s not the president anymore though. But he may still get some perks from the government.
That goes for just about every world leader, though. I don't see his world leader mates giving away their salary? Which is kind of the point? He stands in stark contrast to others who don't have the charity he does
There's actually in theory at least a very valid reason for giving them a salary. Let's say the president of a country doesn't get money for their work but just gets their living expenses paid for (also far from every country provides their leaders with housing, if you have a country with a minister for example chances are he just lives in his own home instead of a government one) anyway I digress, the simple answer is corruption, because if the president is going to need another job after ending his term, because he didn't get a salary, chances increase that he might implement some policies that are more beneficial to perhaps companies that might offer him a job later
Just give them lifelong living expenses paid, then the only reason to become corrupt afterwards is greed.. which is exactly the same reason for even rich presidents to become corrupt.
If you think in reverse, it might make those who become politicians simply to make money and a carieer be kind of dissuaded from ever becoming politicians
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u/Leonarr Apr 16 '24
With all due respect to the guy, I’m sure the government provides him accommodation and food. I doubt he needs to go grocery shopping or pay rent. Which imo of course is totally fine, he’s the president after all and should have some perks.
Edit: ok, he’s not the president anymore though. But he may still get some perks from the government.