If not, how much would you counteroffer?
(If you aren’t an American, assume for this hypothetical that you were suddenly granted citizenship and all other requirements are waived.)
Lmao fuck no. If I’m president I’m already making wayyy more money than I ever aimed for, legally. After I retire I can just make money selling book or w/e.
I can barely even stand taking orders at my normal, chill job. Imagine how fuckung aweful it would be if it wasn’t just “fix this bug while making this feature and write a presentation about it” but “enact bad public policy while managing the unknown political landscape in our favor and attending to all other expected duties”. Once again I say “fuck no.”
365 million is pennies, has to be 10 times that amount.
How did you get to 365 million?
Maybe it’s the true amount and they just publicly state weekly. :D
Only one million. Apparently the IRL answer is come talk to me when your company makes the fortune 500.
That’s a seriously low amount of money for this. Most Presidents will make much more than this out of office in just speaking fees and the normal grifting and graft that happens around them. You’d be endangering your ability to make so much more money in the future if that was your goal.
They know it’s a low amount and are trying to see if their potential new puppet is dumb enough to accept it.
So, it’s a decoy snail?
Likely gonna make at least that much from speaking deals and being on think tank boards and the like anyway. Doing your best to improve the nation, thus improving your image, could very easily sharply increase the money you make from those gigs. Even at that level I wouldn’t have the slightest clue as to what to do with the money, so I sure as hell wouldn’t really want more.
In practice, what would stop me from taking the money and not doing what they want? Assassination risk?
Take 1000 million in bribes and distribute it to poor people, lol.
They stop giving you money, spend it on helping your opponent win. Manipulate congress to impeach you. Also they can blackmail you since you technically took a bribe, you just didn’t honor your end of the deal. Realistically, it wouldn’t be the rich person himself/herself talking to you about it, but someone that works for them. They can have one of their goons admit bribing you and they can exchange their testimoney against you for their immunity against prosecution. They might’ve made a secret recording of the conversation, but conviently left out the part of which wealthy billionaire they’re working for. You might not even know the identity of which billionaire, all of the interaction could be through messengers.
I would ask for 1.25 but I would accept 1 million a year
No. First your going to be somewhat wealthy to begin. Secondly the pay is fairly good and third it just is not worth the headache.
I am a well of person and there is no amount of money that would interest me to do something that illegal much less immoral. Few wealthy people need to take illegal money when they can generate it legally.
I think the majority of people who would take money in this position would do it out of ego over any other motive.
This is assuming you just become president with your current status of wealth. Maybe the internet made a meme and decided elect you “for the lulz”, maybe the electors just don’t care, maybe mass hysteria, divine intervention, doesn’t matter. In this hypothetical; You suddently become president, this is a question of whether you give a shit about ethics (or if you even have a moral compass at all).
I wouldn’t take a direct bribe unless it was for something I already wanted or had thought about doing. I would definitely leverage inside information to make money for my family and friends.
I take it. Sign it.
Then tell the American people.
Fuck rich people
I’d put it to a vote.
If i became president then the world is already a lost cause and money is worthless.
President makes 400,000 a year for a min of 4 years (1,600,000) and a max of 8 years (3,200,000) so I’d probably ask for 5,000,000 a year for them to call the shots and an extra 1,000,000 for anything I don’t think will get me reelected.
4 years of 5mil nets me 20mil and 8 nets me 40mil. I stash that away in a moderate dividend spread and I’ll be just fine for the overwhelming majority of my life.
I dunno why you’re implying this is something outlandish when this already happens. They just call it “campaign donations” if they’re in office and “speaking fees” when they’re out of it.
No. If you need to pay for legislation, it is obviously shit.
