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Well, hey, you guys. So the election, it's coming up. And one thing that I always find fascinating

is when I can see numbers, like when it comes to finances behind the scenes and politics, I always

find that fascinating. And listen, I kind of like to poke fun at all sides of the political spectrum.

But let's face it, Democrats and Republicans both have struggled to make smart financial decisions throughout history.

So today I thought it would be fun to share some of the wild money facts from Washington.

By the way, you have to stick around and let me know which White House salary shocked you the most.

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All right, let's go to the White House renovation budget.

Every president gets to make changes in renovations when they move in.

So Trump spent approximately $1.75 million on his Renault. Obama was about

$1.5 million, but Truman holds the record. Are you ready for this? For today's dollars,

it would have been $11 million. That crazy? And not all of the budget goes towards private living quarters for the president and his family. Some of this is updated, you know, when it comes to corporate wings where staffers work and that kind of thing. So overall, when they look at the renno budget, I mean, fascinating. And how fun, right? Just to get a couple mill, We get to go renovate some stuff. Sure. Why not?

All right. Let's look at the government's officials' salary. And this is of January of 2024 where these

stats come from. Okay. So the president makes $400,000 a year. And what's interesting is that has been the same salary for over 20 years.

The vice presidents makes $235,000. Not bad, but you know who makes more than the vice president?

The chief justice of the Supreme Court. They make $312,000. And the Vice President's salary was under a pay freeze

since 2014, but was increased by Congress this year. Now, all of that is adjusted annually as the

ceiling on salaries of certain federal employees continue to rise, continue to rise. So very interesting.

Now, when you think about traveling, Air Force One comes to mind. So what's interesting is in 2020,

the flight costs of that year for Air Force One was $176,393. And according to this article,

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