• Please be aware we've switched the forums to their own URL. (again) You'll find the new website address to be www.steelernationforum.com Thanks
  • Please clear your private messages. Your inbox is close to being full.

Secret Service out of Money Already

jitter77

Owes Jimmy $50
Member
Joined
Apr 23, 2014
Messages
10,404
Reaction score
6,101
Points
113
It appears that Trump has maxed out the secret service salaries already and agents may not be paid for the rest of the year.. He is on pace to spend more in one year than Obama spent in 8. Normally I would not care, but Trump always bashed Obama for his expenses and vacations, but his is much worse.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/21/politics/secret-service-donald-trump-family/index.html

Washington (CNN)The Secret Service cannot pay hundreds of agents to protect President Donald Trump and his large family, according to a report published Monday morning.
Secret Service Director Randolph "Tex'' Alles told USA Today more than 1,000 agents have already hit the federally mandated caps for salary and overtime allowances -- which were meant to last the entire year.
"The president has a large family, and our responsibility is required in law,'' Alles told USA Today. "I can't change that. I have no flexibility.''

Later Monday morning, Alles told CNN in a statement that the problem isn't just related to the Trump administration and has been going on for many years.
Trump on pace to surpass 8 years of Obama's travel spending in 1 year
Trump on pace to surpass 8 years of Obama's travel spending in 1 year
"This issue is not one that can be attributed to the current administration's protection requirements but, rather, has been an ongoing issue for nearly a decade due to an overall increase in operational tempo," he said in the statement.
Trump has taken trips almost every weekend of his presidency so far, to his properties in New Jersey, Virginia and Florida, as well as internationally -- and his adult children also require protection during their business trips and vacations.
In Trump's administration, 42 people have protection, which includes 18 members of his family -- an increase from the 31 people who had Secret Service protection in Obama's administration.
In June, CNN reported that the Secret Service was relaxing its drug policy for potential hires, as Alles laid out a plan to swell the agency's ranks by more than 3,000 employees in the coming years.
"I think between that and the fact that he has a larger family, that's just more stress on the organization. We recognize that," Alles said at the time, and added that he had been allocating resources in accordance.
According to the report, Alles has met with congressional lawmakers to discuss planned legislation to increase the combined salary and overtime cap for agents -- from $160,000 per year to $187,000. He told USA Today this would be at least for Trump's first term.
But he added that even if this were approved, about 130 agents still wouldn't be able to be paid for hundreds of hours already worked.
Secret Service can't pay agents for Trump and his family, report says
Secret Service can't pay agents for Trump and his family, report says
However, Alles said in a statement to CNN that the agency has the funding for the rest of the fiscal year.
"The Secret Service has the funding it needs to meet all current mission requirements for the remainder of the fiscal year and compensate employees for overtime within statutory pay caps," he said in the statement. "The Secret Service estimates that roughly 1,100 employees will work overtime hours in excess of statutory pay caps during calendar year 2017. Our agency experienced a similar situation in calendar year 2016 that resulted in legislation that allowed Secret Service employees to exceed statutory caps on pay."
The statement continued: "To remedy this ongoing and serious problem, the agency has worked closely with the Department of Homeland Security, the administration, and the Congress over the past several months to find a legislative solution."
The White House said in a statement that Trump "is committed to ensuring the Secret Service and all of those protecting our country have all the resources they need. We are going to continue to work with Congress on this important issue, which requires their actions."
Facing soaring costs, Palm Beach officials ask Trump to pay up
In April, CNN reported that Trump's travel to his private club in Florida has cost more than an estimated $20 million in his first 80 days in office, putting the President on pace to surpass former President Barack Obama's eight years of spending on travel -- in only his first year in office.
Before and during the campaign season, Trump regularly criticized Obama for costing the American taxpayer money every time he took a trip, and Trump the candidate repeatedly called for belt-tightening across government agencies.
In 2014, Trump tweeted: "We pay for Obama's travel so he can fundraise millions so Democrats can run on lies. Then we pay for his golf."
Golf, by the way, is also one of Trump's regular presidential pastimes.
 
Fiscal conservatives, lol. What a ******* train wreck.
 
Eh, just cut more funding to some bullshit climate change programs and use that money.
 
Fiscal conservatives, lol. What a ******* train wreck.

Tibs read the article this is not a Trump issue. It is an issue that goes back to Obama as well. Sounds more like an issue with bad bureaucracy and funding models. Why do things have to be so complex? Just another symptom of why big government is bad.


Sent from my iPhone using Steeler Nation mobile app
 
I'm wondering just how hard it is to understand that President Trump's family is larger than President Obama's. Seems to me that that alone accounts for the increased demands on the Secret Service.
 
I'm wondering just how hard it is to understand that President Trump's family is larger than President Obama's. Seems to me that that alone accounts for the increased demands on the Secret Service.
It's the size of the family along with the literally non-stop golfing excursions, plus the upkeep of Trump Tower, plus the two Trump boys traveling the world on business, plus Mar a Lago, plus the NJ golf retreat, the list goes on and on. Hey, it's Trump, so it's okay.
 
It's the size of the family along with the literally non-stop golfing excursions, plus the upkeep of Trump Tower, plus the two Trump boys traveling the world on business, plus Mar a Lago, plus the NJ golf retreat, the list goes on and on. Hey, it's Trump, so it's okay.

I blame Hillary for losing to him.
 
I'm wondering just how hard it is to understand that President Trump's family is larger than President Obama's. Seems to me that that alone accounts for the increased demands on the Secret Service.

Its bigger by 11 or 12 people, but still 8 to 1 spending is crazy especially after trump made such a point to hammer obama
 
Last edited:
The man has only been in office 7 months. What about the 4 months Obama was in charge? He gets no notice at all.

LOL you Trump apologists are the best. I'm sure $60k the Secret Service spent renting golf carts from Trump or the triple market rate rent he was collecting at Trump Towers has nothing to do with it.

Trump was right, there's literally nothing he could say or do for his supporters to turn on him. This thread proves that point succinctly.
 
LOL you Trump apologists are the best. I'm sure $60k the Secret Service spent renting golf carts from Trump or the triple market rate rent he was collecting at Trump Towers has nothing to do with it.

Trump was right, there's literally nothing he could say or do for his supporters to turn on him. This thread proves that point succinctly.

Maybe, just maybe, some of us don't give a **** what he does, as others seem to do. If there's no more money for the SS, that's on him and HE needs to find a solution. He has more than enough to pay for his own security and detail.
 
Anyone have the details to the Trumps Secret Service GoFundMe account?

Asking for a friend. . .
 
So you want to emulate that which you claim to despise?

My.....my.......is there no level of hypocrisy and twisted justifications the Trumptards will not lower themselves to just to defend the Traitor in Chief?

I guess the same can be said how you turds defend the violence and destruction of AltLeft Lives Matter.
 
So you want to emulate that which you claim to despise?

My.....my.......is there no level of hypocrisy and twisted justifications the Trumptards will not lower themselves to just to defend the Traitor in Chief?

I wouldn't want to copy anything I despise.


Sent from my iPad using Steeler Nation mobile app
 
Some day even the blind will see...


<iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FNowThisPolitics%2Fvideos%2F1673594456005371%2F&show_text=1&width=560" width="560" height="562" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true" allowFullScreen="true"></iframe>
 
This should not come as a surprise to anybody. Whoever argued this is about Obama should be downright embarrassed. But of course you won't be.


Screen-Shot-2017-03-29-at-3.35.24-PM-800x430.png


Secret Service ‘at the end of their rope’ after being ‘treated like servants by Trump’: report

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/sec...-being-treated-like-servants-by-trump-report/

President Donald Trump’s lavish travel habits are putting a major financial strain on the Secret Service — and Center for Public Integrity reporter Christina Wilkie says that the president himself is a major source of stress as well.

On Twitter Monday morning, Wilkie wrote that “multiple sources” have told her that “Secret Service agents are at the end of their rope, sick of being treated like servants by Trump.”

One of Wilkie’s sources compared Trump’s treatment of Secret Service agents with the treatment given them by past presidents — and the comparison did not reflect well on the current president.

Clinton treated USSS agents like friends,” the source told her. “Bush treated them with great respect. Obama, like family. Trump treats them like servants.”

Specifically, Wilkie’s sources tell her that Trump expects agents to regularly “fetch” things for him and be available to serve him at all times, regardless of when their shifts start or finish.

On Monday, USA Today reported that Trump’s frequent trips to his own properties have severely strained the Secret Service’s budget, to the point where the agency no longer has enough money to pay its agents.

Secret Service Director Randolph “Tex” Alles told the publication that more than 1,000 of his agents have already hit federally mandated caps for salary and overtime allowances, as they have had to expend significantly more time and resources protecting assorted Trump properties.
 
I guess the same can be said how you turds defend the violence and destruction of AltLeft Lives Matter.

I don't defend any violence, and I remind you that it was an "alt-right" follower who killed a young woman and injured many people just a few days ago.
 
I wouldn't want to copy anything I despise.


Sent from my iPad using Steeler Nation mobile app


Sure you do. You guys despised Obama supporters for not condemning supposed "crimes and terpitudes" he enaged in, but now that you have an actual criminal and thief as your POTUS the reply to someone pointing out your lack of condemnation is; "just like you Obama babies".
 
The country is $20 trillion in debt, and you are bent out of shape over this? Get a life.
 
My wife bought some new shoes that blew our monthly budget. Divorce
 
Top