{"id":11995,"date":"2011-11-11T20:01:39","date_gmt":"2011-11-12T01:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=11995"},"modified":"2011-11-11T20:01:39","modified_gmt":"2011-11-12T01:01:39","slug":"biden-chiseling-secret-service-for-rent-while-they-protect-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/11995\/biden-chiseling-secret-service-for-rent-while-they-protect-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Chiseling Secret Service for Rent While They Protect Him"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019ve ever wondered how career politicians make money while in office, here\u2019s an answer to file away with \u201cmarry a lobbyist<\/a>\u201d and \u201chave a trust fund<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Washington Times<\/em> confirms that even after six months of bad press, Vice President Joe Biden will continue to charge rent from the Secret Service<\/a> for the agents who live on his Delaware property to protect his life.\u00a0 The Times<\/em> notes that Secret Service officials can\u2019t recall another public official charging rent from his protectors \u2013 essentially a double tax on taxpayers who\u2019ve been subsidizing Biden\u2019s lifestyle since he was elected to the Senate 36 years ago at the age of 31.<\/p>\n

The amount of rent Biden will receive from the Secret Service next year \u2013 $26,400 or $2,200 a month \u2013 is a pittance compared to the trillions being wasted by the Obama Administration on its assorted boondoggles.\u00a0 But it\u2019s the way this transaction looks to have occurred that should really irk taxpayers.\u00a0 From the Times<\/em> report:<\/p>\n

According to Mr. Biden\u2019s office, the cottage had been occupied by Mr. Biden\u2019s mother, Jean Biden, who died in 2010 at 92.<\/p>\n

After her death, Mr. Biden asked the Secret Service about renting the property, but the agency declined and a private tenant whose identity has not been disclosed moved in. When that tenant moved out, however, the Secret Service reconsidered, approached Mr. Biden about renting the property and moved in, paying the same $2,200 per-month rate charged to the previous occupant.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hard to believe that the Secret Service suddenly had a change of heart about granting Biden\u2019s wish to make money off of a service offered to him by a generous nation and dedicated personnel.\u00a0 Instead, it looks like the mystery tenant was just a stand-in to establish a rental price that Biden could claim was fair market value when he cajoled the Secret Service into accepting his offer.<\/p>\n

What’s next; Biden charging AMTRAK<\/a> for the privilege of ferrying him between D.C. and Delaware?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019ve ever wondered how career politicians make money while in office, here\u2019s an answer to file away with \u201cmarry a lobbyist\u201d and \u201chave a trust fund.\u201d The Washington Times confirms that even after six months of bad press, Vice President Joe Biden will continue to charge rent from the Secret Service for the agents […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3180,3179,101,3181],"class_list":["post-11995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts","tag-chiseler","tag-crony","tag-joe-biden","tag-secret-service"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11995"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12002,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11995\/revisions\/12002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}