PLN 25

What matters in the world today is the fact that Obama made $5.5 million in 2009. This all started with a memoir, Dreams from My Father in 1995. Then he wrote The Audacity of Hope in 2006, earning him $4 million in royalties. Then when he became the first African American president, his book sales sky rocketed making millions last year. He also makes $400,000 a year on the presidential salary. Now granted he gave his Nobel Peace prize money to charity so he can't be called greedy. Yet my question is, if he is already a millionaire, why should he be taking tax payers money in the form of the presidential salary? Ross Perot ran for president as a millionaire with the money from his company Electric Data Systems. As a millionaire he promised to not accept the yearly presidential salary. I don't know why, that in these economic times, Obama would continue to take tax payers money when he is already a millionaire. If he is really all into helping the economy, he wouldn't waste tax dollars he doesn't need. I'm not comparing him to Prince John from Robin Hood, but his pocket book obviously isn't empty like some Americans.