George W. Bush Requests More Taxpayer Dollars Than Any Other Former President

George W. Bush is slated to receive $1.3 million in taxpayer dollars for fiscal year 2013, including $85,000 in phone costs and $26,000 in printing costs, according to a budget proposal compiled by the General Services Administration.

The money -- provided under the Former Presidents Act of 1958, which grants ex-presidents a taxpayer-sponsored "annual allowance" -- goes toward office expenses, staff and travel.

The Daily Caller‘s Alex Pappas reports:

Former President Bill Clinton is requesting more than $1 million. Former President George H.W. Bush is requesting $879,000 and former President Jimmy Carter is requesting $518,000.

As for widows of former presidents, like Nancy Reagan, $7,000 is budgeted for postal costs.

Bush's anticipated phone bill is five times higher than the next closest request, which was submitted by George Bush senior. George W. Bush also had the highest requests for unspecified office equipment ($86,000), travel ($60,000), postage ($20,000) and "other services" ($26,000).

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Comments

[Luv2Purple]

02:27 PM on 06/13/2012

Wait for it....any second now....the GOP CONgressional republicans will be making a major stink about this....won't they?

[Luv2Purple]

02:26 PM on 06/13/2012

so much for the LIE about fiscally responsible CONservitive reTHUGliCLOWNS!

[guyview]

08:34 AM on 06/07/2012

Didn't he steal enough as a crony capitalist?

[Julietjeske]

02:52 PM on 05/24/2012

Considering how he spent money while he was in office...this is surprising?

[toddnjean]

02:09 AM on 05/12/2012

Bullsh** they should not get more per year than what they got while in office. And Bushy boy already cost the U.S. more than he was worth with the two wars he started and didn't pay for but rather cut taxes to the richest of the rich. He shouldn't get a dime but be sent to one of the countries wanting him for war crimes!

[TruelyFedUp]

08:33 PM on 05/11/2012

Malaysian ‘tribunal’ finds Bush, Blair guilty of war crimes http://www.presstv.ir/detail/240721.html

[Helen L Hronec]

07:48 PM on 05/11/2012

This is just adding insult to injury. He should be in jail for war crimes along with Rumsfeld and Cheney instead of receiving that amount of money, especially since he left this country in such an economic mess and gave away all the tax revenues the rich should have paid during the time he was in office. He has no shame.. none.

[TruelyFedUp]

08:31 PM on 05/11/2012

Ha! He was just found guilty of torture, etc, in Malaysia http://www.presstv.ir/detail/240721.html

[Helen L Hronec]

09:30 PM on 05/11/2012

As they say, there is the good news and the bad news.. This is obviously 'the good news' .. Thanks for sharing it.:-)

[sigche]

05:50 PM on 05/11/2012

There are alot of things that need to change in Washington and one change should be to get RID of the Former Presidents Act of 1958. Why in the world should we taxpayers have to keep paying ex-Presidents after they are out of office? Bush is a Republican, Republicans are always whining about our nation's debt and saying there needs to be cuts in spending. Well I am all for cutting out the Former Presidents Act of 1958! They want to cut social security for seniors and other aid that help American citizens but they don't want cuts that line their pockets! I'm fed up with our politicians and the elite in our country!!!

[Adam Arendale]

03:40 PM on 05/11/2012

He needs to be paying back America for all those wars he started.

[TruelyFedUp]

08:31 PM on 05/11/2012

See this to improve the quality of your day http://www.presstv.ir/detail/240721.html

[Rafael Perez]

12:08 AM on 05/11/2012

wow he's getting paid for screwing us over?

[MBack]

05:27 PM on 05/11/2012

Again.

[Jean Infante Cilione]

10:24 PM on 05/10/2012

Bush and Clinton are still assisting the Obama administration with fundraising for Haiti and other disaster areas. i get emails all the time because I made one donation! I would say this would creat some expenses and it looks like the two of them are pretty high on the list. HUMMMM they help, then Bush gets criticized!!!!!

[Chuck The Canuck]

10:24 PM on 05/10/2012

Still at the trough. The republicans must be so proud.

[Nonnie22]

11:41 PM on 05/10/2012

But not the Democrats? I see that Slick Willy has requested $1m

[DenveRockwell]

05:37 PM on 05/11/2012

"Slick Willie" actually does something positive with his time off, and has not stopped working since he left office 12 years ago.

Bush has been... uh... he's been... what's he doing, exactly? Writing a memoir?

[Christine Garcia]

10:07 PM on 05/10/2012

With a phone bill like that who is he calling his psychic or 1 900 BABES? Sounds to me like we are footing the bill for his wife's shopping sprees at the Galleria. I think there should be a set amount and if they need more let them foot the bills, why should we?

[Nonnie22]

11:42 PM on 05/10/2012

You've gotta admit ... it's less than the GSO spent in Vegas.

[justagirl]

09:53 PM on 05/10/2012

We would have fewer presidents to support if we quit changing horses midstream.

[Shain Eighmey]

10:14 PM on 05/10/2012

Would we? The current ones are Carter, Bush, Clinton, and W. Bush. If Carter had won we can say we would have had Reagan 4 years later, which either pushes out Bush entirely or pushes back Clinton 2 terms, so the current President would be George W. Bush.

So, one fewer! You are indeed correct, unless Bush never wins in which case it's a tie.

[LiberalInNameOnly]

09:20 PM on 05/10/2012

Why would fiscal malfunction end with the Presidency???